BUKITTINGGI - Head of the Earthquake and Tsunami Center of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Daryono said the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.5 in the Bukittinggi area, West Sumatra, on Saturday, April 8, had no potential for a tsunami. "Modeling results show that this earthquake has no potential for a tsunami," Daryono said in a statement, in Jakarta, Saturday, quoted by Antara.
#Gempa Mag:4.1, 08-Apr-2023 12:32:11WIB, Lok:0.29LS, 100.32BT (5 km BaratLaut BUKITTINGGI-SUMBAR), Kedlmn:10 Km #BMKG Disclaimer:Informasi ini mengutamakan kecepatan, sehingga hasil pengolahan data belum stabil dan bisa berubah seiring kelengkapan data pic.twitter.com/r3zCCRIv6M
— BMKG (@infoBMKG) April 8, 2023
Daryono explained that the epicenter of the earthquake was located at coordinates 0.30 South Latitude (LS); 100.28 East Longitude (BT), or precisely located on land at a distance of 9 kilometers northwest of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra at a depth of 10 kilometers. His party said that based on the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquake that occurred was a shallow type of earthquake due to active fault activity in the Sianok segment.
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