Earthquake 4.5 Magnitude Guncang Jayapura City Papua, BMKG Asks Citizens To Be Observation

Illustration - Seismograph recorded the strength of the earthquake. (ANTARA)

PAPUA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 rocked the Jayapura City area, Papua Province on Sunday, November 9 at around 22.10 WIB. "The earthquake is at a depth of five kilometers, and is at coordinates 2.31 South Latitude (LS) and 140.79 East Longitude (BT)," wrote the official website of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) which was monitored in Jakarta. The epicenter of the earthquake is known to be in the sea or 35 kilometers northeast of Jayapura City, Papua Province. The BMKG appealed to the local community to be aware of aftershocks that may occur. The area felt due to the earthquake (MMI) III Jayapura City and II Keerom. Previously, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 also rocked the Banten area on Sunday afternoon at 17.02 WIB. The epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km southwest of Bayah, Banten located at 7.09 South Latitude, 106.08 East Longitude with a depth of 12 kilometers.