M 4.9 Earthquake Hits Nias, North Sumatra

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Earthquake seismograph. ANTARA/Shutterstock/pri

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on Friday morning announced that the North Sumatra region of Nias had been hit by a magnitude 4.9 earthquake.

The epicenter of the earthquake reportedly came off the coast of Batu Island, 70 kilometers southeast of South Nias and at the depth of 20 kilometers.

BMKG’s head of the earthquake and tsunami department Bambang S. Prayitno said the earthquake was a shallow one triggered by subduction activity of the Indo-Australian Plate under the Eurasian Plate.

The impact of the quake was felt in the South Nias area with an intensity scale of III-IV MMI. The III-IV scale of MMI quake can be felt by many people in the house during the day. Based on the modeling results, BMKG stated that the earthquake does not have the potential for a tsunami.

MARIA FRANSISCA LAHUR

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