Earthquake Shakes NTT, 95 Buildings Damaged And Most In Kupang

The Kupang Regent's Office building was damaged by the NTT earthquake (doc BNPB)

JAKARTA The earthquake that rocked several areas in the province of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on Thursday, November 2 in the early hours of November, had an impact on the damage to 95 buildings. Head of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center Abdul Muhari explained that BMKG had also updated the earthquake strength data which was previously a magnitude (M) 6.6 with a depth of 10 KM, to M 6.3 with a depth of 25 KM. He said, based on data from the BNPB Operations Control Center (Pusdalops) issued at 21.40 WIB, damaged buildings recorded in Kupang Regency with details of 40 units of residents' houses, 8 units of public facilities, 19 units of government buildings and 1 unit of orphanage dormitories. Then in the Kupang City area there are 20 units of residents' houses, 4 units of office buildings, 1 unit of supermarket and 1 hotel unit. Furthermore, 1 natural educational facility for damage in South Central Timor Regency has not yet been reported regarding the presence of casualties or evacuation due to the earthquake. "Since the earthquake occurred in the morning until now the Regional Disaster Management Agency and the joint team in the affected location are still making efforts to handle it," said Abdul, in his statement Friday, November 3. The BPBD Rapid Response Team of Kupang City and BPBD Kupang Regency are conducting a rapid assessment of the impact of earthquake disasters on affected locations.

Secretary of BPBD South Central Timor Regency together with the PUPR Office of South Central Timor Regency conducted a rapid assessment. BPBD coordinates with the TNI/POLRI to collect data on the impact of the earthquake. Not only from the local government, this time disaster management was also carried out by members of the Disaster Risk Reduction Forum in NTT and also Kupang City, who worked hand in hand to collect data on the earthquake situation.