JAKARTA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 was centered in Garut on Saturday, December 3. Residents in several areas of West Java also felt the shock of the earthquake.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) noted that the areas that felt the earthquake started from Tasik, Sukabumi, Garut, Bandung, and several other areas.
Head of BMKG Bandung Geophysics Station, Teguh Rahayu, said the earthquake occurred at 16.49 WIB. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the southwest of Garut Regency with a depth of 118 kilometers. "In the first few minutes after the earthquake, the earthquake parameters can change and may not be accurate," Rahayu said in Bandung, West Java, as quoted from Antara, Saturday, December 3. The earthquake has a coordinate point at 7.49 south latitude and 107.58 east longitude. Rahayu said the earthquake point was on land so it did not have the potential to cause a tsunami. According to him, the depth of the earthquake was in the middle category so that the shaking could still be felt.
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