The earthquake induced minor harm to houses in southeastern Indonesia, however no accidents have been reported
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An earthquake induced minor harm to houses and different buildings in southeastern Indonesia early Thursday, inflicting some panic however no obvious accidents.
Dariono, who heads the Earthquake and Tsunami Heart on the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Company, mentioned the earthquake was strongly felt in lots of cities and villages and induced panic amongst some. It was constructed on land and there was no danger of a tsunami.
“The earthquake induced minor harm to many buildings and houses,” Dariono, who makes use of one identify, wrote on the social media platform X.
A video circulated on social media confirmed residents in Kupang, the provincial capital and largest metropolis, reacting to the swaying of houses and buildings simply after daybreak. Some witnesses mentioned that the ceilings of the places of work of the governor and the mayor have been broken.
The US Geological Survey measured the quake’s magnitude at 6.1 and mentioned the quake occurred at a depth of 36 kilometers (22 miles) under the floor. The epicenter of the earthquake was 21 kilometers northeast of Kupang on the western aspect of Timor Island.
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The Indonesian company measured its power at 6.3 levels. Variations in early measurements of earthquakes are frequent.
Indonesia is a seismically energetic archipelago of 270 million individuals, the place earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis happen ceaselessly.
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake final yr killed no less than 602 individuals within the metropolis of Cianjur in West Java. It was the deadliest in Indonesia for the reason that 2018 earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi killed greater than 4,300 individuals.
In 2004, a really robust earthquake within the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami that killed greater than 230,000 individuals in a dozen international locations, most of them in Indonesia’s Aceh province.
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(Tags for translation) USGS