Banten Jolted by 7.4-magnitude Earthquake

HI-NEWS, BANTEN – A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Sumur, Banten on Friday (2/8/2019) at 19:03:21 West Indonesia Time (WIB).  The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) called for all people to be aware of tsunami early warning after the earthquake. 

The earthquake was centered in 7.54 south latitude and 104.58 east longitude. It occurred in 147 km in the southwest of Sumur, Banten with the epicenter depth of 10 km. As quoted by detik.com, Taufan as the head of BMKG Public Relations Division said tsunami potential in Sumur, Banten was quite big. “This earthquake has tsunami potential,” he stated. 

Besides, the impact of the earthquake also happened in some areas throughout the south beach lane of Java Island and the west beach of Sumatera Island’s southern part. Therefore, several areas are declared in the watch and caution status. The following are the locations with the watch and caution status as uploaded on Instagram account @infobmkg : 

1. The south of Pandeglang, Banten is on watch status  
2. Pandeglang, Panaitan Island, Banten is on watch status 
3. Lampung -Barat Pesisir-Selatan is on watch status 
4. North of Pandeglang, Banten is on caution status 
5. Lebak, Banten is on caution status 
6. Tanggamus, Tabuan Island, Lampung is on caution status 
7. Jabar wilayah Sukabumi Ujung-Genteng is on caution status 
8. East of Tanggamus, Lampung is on caution status 
9. South of Krakatau Islands, Lampung is on caution status 
10. South of Legundi Islands, Lampung is on caution status 
11. Lampung -Barat Pesisir-Tengah is on caution status 
12. Lampung -Barat Pesisir-Utara is on caution status 
13. North of Enggano Island, Bengkulu is on caution status 
14. Kaur, Bengkulu is on caution status 
15. South of Sebuku Islands is on caution status 
16. South of Bengkulu is on caution status 
17. West of Serang, Banten is on caution status 
18. Seluma, Bengkulu is on caution status 

Let’s pray together for our brothers in Sumur, Banten and its surrounding areas to get protection and strength to face this difficulty from Allah