Another earthquake hits eastern Indonesia today

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TEMPO.CO, JAKARTA – Another very powerful earthquake has hit the eastern regions of Indonesia. A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck today, January 18, North Sulawesi at 13:06:14 WIB.

According to the preliminary report of the Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), the epicenter was at 2.80 degrees north longitude and 127.11 degrees east latitude, or 141 kilometers southeast of Melongwan, North Sulawesi, at a depth of 64 kilometers. The agency confirmed that it does not have the ability to cause tsunamis.

Residents in Sovivi, Manado and Ternate reported shaking on the agency’s social media.

Earlier this morning, a tectonic earthquake hit Teluk Tomini, Bulango, Gorontalo Province. “BMKG analysis shows its updated coefficient at 6.1,” said the head of the Earthquake and Tsunami Center in Daryono on Wednesday.

The earthquake was monitored at 0.01 degrees north longitude and 123.27 degrees east latitude, or 28 kilometers south of Bulawa, Bon Bolango, and at a depth of 148 kilometers.

“It is an intra-temple earthquake of medium depth caused by the deformation of rocks in the Sangee Plate under Teluk Tomini.

The earthquake was felt very strongly with III-IV MMI intensity in Luwuk and Ampana regions. Weaker shaking was reported in III MMI in Kotamobagu, Gorontalo Regency, Pohuwato, East Bolaang Mongondow, North Bolaang Mongondow, Bolaang Mongondow, Gorontalo City, Taliabu, Southeast Minahasa, Boalemo, and South Minahasa, and Toli-Toli, Poso, and Bone Bolango Regency.

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