#subduction activity

Collection of subduction activity news, found 34 news.

Magnitude 6.0 quake strikes West Halmahera

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattled northwest of West Halmahera, North Maluku, on Tuesday morning, but no tsunami ...

Indo-Australian Plate subduction caused 5.1M quake in West Aceh: BMKG

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated that a 5.1-magnitude tectonic earthquake in West Aceh, ...

Southwest Maluku's earthquake caused by Banda Sea subduction: BMKG

- was located at sea at a distance of 28 kilometers (km) to the northeast of the district at a depth of 126 ...

Mitigation efforts after Banten quake

According to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the 6.6-magnitude earthquake which struck ...

Watch out for Sunda Strait's megathrust segment: BMKG

Sunda Strait's megathrust segment is one of Indonesia's seismic gap zones, with no earthquakes for centuries, ...

PLN ensures Java-Bali electricity grid safe following 6.6 M quake

State-owned electricity provider PT PLN (Persero) has ensured that the electricity grid in Java, Madura, and Bali ...

Jakarta BPBD teams assess likely damages to buildings following quake

The Jakarta Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has dispatched teams to probe likely damages to buildings in ...

COVID-19 cases increase by 850; Jakarta records most infections

Indonesia added 850 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, with Jakarta accounting for 554 infections, the COVID-19 ...

Magnitude-6.6 earthquake in South Banten caused by subduction activity

The 6.6-magnitude tectonic earthquake that struck South Banten on Friday at 16:05 local time is a type of shallow quake ...

Beware of buildings with cracks amid potential for aftershocks: BMKG

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) urged the public to be wary of buildings that had developed ...

Quake rocks Malang, E Java; no tsunami warning issued

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake caused by subduction activity shook areas in the southwest of Malang, and was also felt in ...

5.0-magnitude quake jolts North Sumatra's Toba district

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake rattled Toba district, North Sumatra at 3.46 p.m. Western Indonesia Time (WIB) on Saturday, ...

5.3-magnitude quake rocks Bengkulu

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Bengkulu province on Saturday evening, forcing some residents ...

5.2-magnitude quake jolts Alor district

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked Alor district in East Nusa Tenggara province on Tuesday, but no ...

5.4-magnitude quake hits Pesisir Barat in Lampungprovince

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Pesisir Barat district, Lampung province, on Saturday evening, but no tsunami warning ...