Commission V DPR: BMKG Said, There Is No Earthquake Detection Technology Around The World

BMKG installed a water level on the island near Mount Anak Krakatau to monitor tsunami waves in the Sunda Strait due to the earthquake. (Between-Sigid K)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission V DPR from the PKB Faction Neng Eem Marhamah Zulfa said the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) had not found any technology or earthquake detection tools that would occur. Even around the world, it is also not possible to predict the time of the earthquake. "We haven't seen (there is earthquake detection technology), yesterday we wanted to have a meeting with BMKG and Basarnas, but because there was an earthquake, we didn't. When it comes to alarms, I have asked BMKG that there is no technology in the world that can predict an earthquake that will not exist yet," said Neng Eem to VOI, Tuesday, November 22. So far, BMKG has only had a detection tool related to the potential and notification of earthquakes and tsunamis. As well as early weather warnings. "Yes, it's just rainfall, it's just like that. If there is an earthquake here, it doesn't exist, if in some cities there is a potential for earthquakes to detect, but when will it happen there will be no technology to capture it all over the world, said BMKG," said the West Java electoral district PKB legislator. Previously, the leadership of the DPR RI would ask for a technical commission, in this case Commission V of the DPR and Commission VIII of the DPR to sit with the government to discuss disaster mitigation patterns and earthquake detection tools. This was said by Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, in response to the 5.6 M magnitude Cianjur earthquake that occurred on Monday, November 21, yesterday afternoon. According to him, discussions to find earthquake detection tools early are very important in order to minimize the impact of disasters. "We will ask the relevant technical commission to sit down with the government, to possibly create a mitigation pattern or detection tool that could warn earlier so that incidents like this do not happen again," said Dasco at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday, November 22.