JAKARTA - Tojo Una-Una Regency, Central Sulawesi was rocked by an earthquake. The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Tojo Una Una reported that the electricity network was out due to the earthquake.
"The electricity grid is still reported to be out and there have been no reports of post-earthquake damage", said Head of the National Agency for Disaster Data and Communication Center, Abdul Muhari, in his statement, Monday, July 26.
Abdul Muhari explained, the earthquake occurred at 19.09 WIB. Then the four of them again shook Tojo Una Una with a magnitude of 5.9 at night.
Reportedly, the people of Tojo Una-Una felt the earthquake for three seconds, then panicked and left their homes. Residents in North Morowali Regency also felt the same thing.
"When the earthquake occurred, residents panicked and left their homes. BPBD monitoring said residents fled to higher ground in Sansarino Village, Ampana Kota District", said Abdul Muhari.
BPBD Banggai Regency also reported strong shocks felt by its residents. They also experienced panic, however, conditions were back to normal. There have been no reports of damage from the local BPBD.
He explained that the earthquake parameters indicated that the epicenter of the earthquake occurred 59 km northeast of Tojo Una Una with a depth of 10 km. The point of this earthquake is at sea.
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Based on BMKG modeling, the earthquake has no potential for a tsunami. While the earthquake occurred on Monday morning, at 10.52 WIB, the epicenter was 55 km northeast of Tojo Una Una with the same depth, 10 km.
"Judging from the type and mechanism of the earthquake, the phenomenon that occurs is a type of shallow earthquake due to deformation due to local faults. Analysis of the source mechanism shows that the earthquake has a normal movement mechanism or a normal fault", he explained.
As of 19:40 WIB, the results of monitoring by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) showed one aftershock or aftershock with M3,4.
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