Earthquake Hits Papua's Capital Jayapura, BMKG Says

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Ricky Mohammad Nugraha

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Mahinda Arkyasa

Jumat, 27 Agustus 2021 00:40 WIB

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported on Thursday evening, August 26, 2021, that Papua's Capital Jayapura had been struck by a 5.0 Richter scale earthquake at 21:54 local times.

The BMKG stated that the earthquake's epicenter is located 51 kilometers Northwest of Jayapura 10 kilometers beneath the ocean.

In a separate event, the agency recorded three aftershocks hitting Tojo Una-una in Central Sulawesi following the a 5.8 Richter scale earthquake that hit this region earlier today at 09:14 Western Indonesia Times (WIB). One person reportedly died in the disaster.

The three aftershocks in C. Sulawesi were recorded at 15:04 WIB (Magnitude 3.2), 18:17 WIB (Magnitude 3.9), and at 19:43 WIB (Magnitude 3.4) with its epicenter at sea but had gradually recorded to be closer to land.

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