Although The Frequency Is Declining, BBMKG Express Earthquake Activities In Jayapura City Is Not Yet Stable

Earthquake illustration. (Unsplash)

PAPUA - The Center for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BBMKG) reported that earthquake activity in Jayapura City was not stable until Friday, January 6, at 16.30 WIT. Residents are asked to be aware of aftershocks.

Coordinator for BBMKG Observation Region V Jayapura Danang Pamuji said there had been 481 aftershocks since an earthquake with a magnitude (M) of 4.9 rocked Jayapura City. A total of 42 of them were felt by the local community.

"Especially until now there have been 42 aftershocks, but no reports have been made by the people around Jayapura City," he said in Jayapura, Papua, Friday, January 6, which was confiscated by Antara.

Danang explained, although the data he pocketed had decreased the frequency of aftershocks in Jayapura City, this could not be said to be stable.

"From the latest data, we saw that the situation of the earthquake that was still happening with a smaller strength indicated that this condition could not be called stable," he said.

Regarding information circulating regarding the earthquake in Jayapura City, Danang appealed to local residents to be careful and wise in responding to it.

"Don't believe information from sources that are not credible and continue to follow the development of earthquake information through the official social media of the BMKG Papua," he said.

An earthquake M 4.9 rocked Jayapura City on Monday, January 2, at around 03.24 WIT. The earthquake caused a number of facilities and buildings to be lightly to moderately damaged.