Mentawai Islands Hit by M 5.2 Earthquake, BMKG Reports
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29 August 2022 05:03 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on the early dawn of Monday, August 29, reported that an earthquake measured magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale had struck the Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra.
The quake, just 4 minutes after midnight, was located at 1.00 degrees South Latitude and 98.58 degrees East Longitude and came from 14 kilometers below the ocean surface.
The BMKG website explicitly announced that it did not trigger the tsunami warning system but encourages local residents to stay alert for possible aftershocks.
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