Shallow Sea Earthquake Hits Yogyakarta with 4.7 Magnitude

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that a tectonic earthquake shook the Gunungkidul region, Yogyakarta, on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at 03:01 p.m. local time.

The results of the BMKG analysis show that the earthquake parameter had been updated with a magnitude of 4.7. The epicenter was located at the coordinates of 9.41 degrees of Southern Latitude and 110.14 degrees of Longitude East, or precisely located at sea at 165 kilometers southwest of Gunungkidul and 49-kilometer depth.

"By considering the location of the epicenter and the hypocenter, the earthquake was a shallow one due to plate subduction activity," BMKG Head of Earthquake and Tsunami Center Daryono said in his statement on Thursday. 

"The results of the source mechanism analysis show that the earthquake has a thrust fault mechanism," he added.

Based on the shakemap estimation, the earthquake caused shaking in Purwosari, Kulon Progo, with an intensity scale of III MMI, akin to a truck passing.

In Bantul, Sleman, Pacitan, Trenggalek, and Wonogiri, the earthquake was felt with an intensity scale of II MMI, swaying light-hanging objects.

So far, there have been no reports of damage caused by the earthquake. Modeling results indicate that the quake has no tsunami potential.

ERWIN PRIMA

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