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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Information from BMKG said that the last earthquake today, Friday, January 15, 2021, occurred in Pangandaran on the southern coast of Java, at 21:17 WIB. The origin of the earthquake was precisely in the sea, 88 kilometers southwest of the regency in West Java.
The Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics said on its official website that the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.7 with a depth of origin of 57 kilometers. Although intensity is measured on the MMI III scale, it feels like a truck passing through the house, from Pangandaran to Tasikmalaya and Cisompet.
In the Ciamis, Banjar and Garut areas, the intensity of the earthquake was similar but weaker.
The earthquake has hit the Pangandaran area several times. Among them were on October 25 during the earthquake. 5.6 M g was able to cause damage to 29 houses with a wide spectrum of crashes that reached Semarang and Yogyakarta at that time
According to the BMKG website, the Pangandaran earthquake is the third that can be felt in Indonesian territory so far. The first, of course, occurred due to activity on the Mamuju-Majene fault in West Sulawesi at sunrise. The 6.2M earthquake caused damage to many buildings and landslides and cracks in various places.
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The second earthquake occurred at 18:28 WIB in Sinabang, Simeulue Island, Aceh Province. Its source is centered in the sea, 49 kilometers southwest of the city. An earthquake measuring 4.7 M and measured from a depth of 10 kilometers can be felt in intensity on the MMI III scale in Sinabang.
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