An earthquake hits Jayapura. The palace confirms that President Jokowi agrees

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TEMPO.CO, JAKARTA – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his entourage have been confirmed to be in good condition after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Jayapura, Papua, today, July 7, 2023. As widely reported, the President has been in Papua since last Wednesday.

“The president is in good condition and does not feel the earthquake,” said the deputy head of the General Secretariat for Press, Information and Information, Bai Mashmodin, in a text received in Jakarta today.

Pai explained that when the earthquake struck, the president and his entourage were having lunch at a restaurant in Jalan Kotte, Mumbai, southern Jayapura district.

Jokowi was accompanied during Papua’s visit by Minister of State Bratekno, Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian, Minister of Investment Pehlil Lahadalia, and Indonesian military commander Adam. Yudo Margono, and the National Police Commander Gen. Listeo Sigit Prabowo.

“I don’t feel that there is an earthquake, and no one felt it during lunch either,” Bai said.

With regard to presidential security, Pai stressed that the Presidential Security Unit (Paspampres) has the standard operating procedure in dealing with any case. “At present, the activity is proceeding normally. People are carrying out their activities normally,” he added.

The Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) reported that a 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Jayapura today at 11:25 WIB.

The quake occurred at a depth of 28 kilometers at coordinates 2.40 degrees south, latitude 140.07 degrees east. The epicenter was detected at sea, 42 km northwest of Jayapura regency.

Dariono, Head of the Earthquake and Tsunami Center at BMKG, stated that the earthquake does not have any potential to trigger a tsunami.

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