M 5.3 Lampung Earthquake Triggered By Subduction Activities Of Indo-Australian Plates

Illustration of the impact of the earthquake. (Unsplash)

LAMPUNG - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that shallow earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.3 in Lampung Province occurred due to the subduction activity of the Indo-Australian plate.

Head of the BMKG Earthquake and Tsunami Center, Daryono, said the earthquake coordinates were at 6.47 South Latitude and 103.90 East Longitude or about 156 km southwest of the West Coast Regency, Lampung Province.

"By paying attention to the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquake that occurred was a shallow type of earthquake due to the subduction activity of the Indo-Australian plate," he said in a statement, Tuesday, March 7, which was confiscated by Antara.

According to the modeling results, the earthquake that occurred on Tuesday, March 7 at 14:31 WIB did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.

The earthquake, which has an upward movement mechanism, according to him, was felt in Pesisir Barat Regency on a scale IV Modified Mercally Intensity (MMI) scale, during the day it was felt by many people inside the house and several people outside the house and it could cause pottery to break, windows/doors to bang, and walls to sound.

In addition, earthquakes were felt in the Kota Agung sub-district, Tanggamus Regency, on the MMI III-IV intensity scale. On the MMI scale III, earthquake vibrations were felt inside the house, it felt as if a truck had passed.

Earthquakes were also felt in the Liwa area in West Lampung Regency on the MMI II-III intensity scale. On the MMI II scale, vibrations can be felt by several people and cause light objects that are hung to sway.

BMKG appealed to residents whose areas were affected by the earthquake to avoid buildings that were cracked or damaged by the earthquake and ensure that residential buildings were not damaged which could endanger the stability of the building before returning to their homes.