As of 5:35 p.m. WIB, the BMKG noted that there was one aftershock with a magnitude of 3.0 M.Jakarta (ANTARA) - The 5.2-magnitude (M) earthquake that rattled Banten Province on Friday afternoon was caused by the deformation of the oceanic crust of the Indo-Australian Plate, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has informed.
The epicenter of the quake, which occurred at 5:10 p.m. Western Indonesia Standard Time (WIB), was located at 7.48 south latitude and 105.92 east longitude, it said.
It was located 63 kilometers (km) southwest of Bayah sub-district, Lebak district, Banten province, at a depth of 55 km.
"Considering the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, the disaster was a shallow earthquake,” Head of the Earthquake and Tsunami Center of BMKG Bambang Setiyo Prayitno informed in a statement received here on Friday.
A source mechanism analysis showed that the earthquake had a normal oblique fault mechanism, he said. It also had no potential for triggering a tsunami, he added.
The earthquake was felt in Pelabuhan Ratu Sub-district at IV Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI), he said.
People in Malingping, Bayah, Cihara, Panggarangan, Rangkasbitung, and Wanasalam Sub-districts in Lebak District as well as Cikeusik Sub-district in Pandeglang District felt the tremors at a scale of III MMI, he informed.
In addition, the shocks were also felt at a scale of III MMI in Ciptagelar Village and Cireunghas Sub-districts in Sukabumi District, he added.
Meanwhile, residents of Sawarna Village in Lebak District, Pangalengan Sub-district in Bandung District, Parung Panjang Sub-district in Bogor District, Tangerang City, Tangerang District, South Tangerang City, and Jakarta sensed the tremors at an intensity scale of II MMI, he said.
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"As of 5:35 p.m. WIB, the BMKG noted that there was one aftershock with a magnitude of 3.0M," Prayitno reported.
He asked the people to check their buildings for damage due to the earthquake.
In addition, he appealed to the public to remain calm and not to be influenced by hoaxes regarding the disaster.
Official information from BMKG can be obtained on Instagram or Twitter at @infoBMKG; website bmkg.go.id or inatews.bmkg.go.id; Telegram channel t.me/InaTEWS_BMKG; and mobile apps wrs-bmkg or infobmkg, he informed.
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