BMKG: Magnitude 6 Earthquake In Tomini Bay Due To Maluku Sea Plate Deformation

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said the tectonic earthquake had a magnitude of 6.0 in the Tomini Bay area, East Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi due to rock deformation in the Maluku Sea Plate.

Head of the BMKG Earthquake and Tsunami Center, Daryono, said the epicenter of the earthquake was located at coordinates 0.15 south latitude and 125.07 east longitude, or precisely located at sea at a distance of 112 km southeast of East Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi at a depth of 44 km.

"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 rock deformation in the Maluku Sea Plate," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, August 4.

The results of the analysis of the source mechanism show that the earthquake has a thrust fault mechanism.

The earthquake that occurred on Friday (4/8) night at 18.48.38 WIB had updated parameters with an M5.7 magnitude.

"The modeling results show that this earthquake has no potential for a tsunami," he said.

As of 19.25 WIB, the results of BMKG monitoring showed that there were three aftershocks with the largest magnitude M4.0.