Latest information: two earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 and magnitude 5.4 in the Pacific Ocean, no potential tsunami in Indonesia

MidLand, Jakarta – Council of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) relationship earthquake A tectonic with an update parameter of magnitude 7.0 shook the region Mariana Islands, Pacific Oceanon pageon Fridays, November 24, 2023, at 16.05.05 WIB.

Epicenter earthquake located at coordinates 19.97° N AND 145.68° East Longitude, i.e. located precisely in the sea at a distance of 735 kilometers youTara Guam at a depth of 19 kilometers.

“Paying attention to the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquake that occurred was a type of shallow earthquake due to active faulting activity on the sea floor (submarine faulting) in the Philippine Sea Plate (intraplate earthquake) .,” She said Head of the Earthquake Center Bumi and Tsunami BMKG Daryono in his statement on Friday.

“Source mechanism analysis results show that the earthquake has a downward motion mechanism (oblique normal fault),” He added.

Announcement

Earthquake This land does not have a macroseismic impact because the earthquake location is far from the land. BMKG modeling results show that this earthquake there is no risk of a tsunami on Indonesian territory.

BMKG monitoring results at 17.01 WIB showed that aftershock activity occurred magnitude 5.4.

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