Residents Had A Panic That Scattered Outside Their Homes During The 4.7 Guncang Sukabumi Magnitude Earthquake

Earthquake point in Sukabumi (Photo: VIA ANTARA)

SUKABIMI- An earthquake with a magnitude (M) of 4.7 centered in Sukabumi City, West Java, at 10.05 WIB today shocked some residents of Sukabumi City and Regency. "The earthquake was not only a few seconds long, but I felt the vibrations were quite strong," said Arie Dharmawan, a resident of Gang Saniin, Benteng Village, Warudoyong District, Sukabumi City, quoted from Antara, Monday, October 31. When the earthquake occurred, he was guarding and serving consumers at the cellphone counter (HP) suddenly felt a strong earthquake vibration. He and his customers immediately ran out of control and it turned out that many other residents had also rushed out of their homes. Similar to residents of Palabuhanratu Subdistrict, Sukabumi Regency, Supriadi, said that when the earthquake occurred he was in a shop on the beach. He was also surprised to see his shop seemed to sway when the earthquake occurred. "My spontaneously immediately grabbed the child and got out of the shop and away from the beach. I was still traumatized by the incident some time ago so I spontaneously went away," he said. Meanwhile, the Head of the Sukabumi City Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Imran Wardhani, said that his party was still monitoring the impact of the earthquake and that disaster management officers were still in the field to collect data. Based on data from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the 4.7 earthquake was located at 7.70 South Latitude (LS) - 106.88 East Longitude (BT) at 87 km Southwest of Sukabumi City with an earthquake depth of 20 km.