Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – An earthquake occurred in Blitar, East Java with a magnitude of 5.9 last night, Friday (21/05/2021). This magnitude has been updated from the previously mentioned magnitude 6.2.
Head of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Dwikorita Karnawati said the earthquake in Blitar was an intermediate type earthquake and occurred due to subduction on the Indo-Australian plate and the Eurasian plate.
“This earthquake is analyzed as a medium-sized earthquake that occurs due to the subduction of the Indo-Australian plate that supports under the Eurasian plate,” Dwikorita said in a press conference Friday night, quoted from detikcom.
Dwikorita added that this earthquake had a combination of sliding fault mechanism.
“The results of the BMKG analysis show that the earthquake had a combination of sliding fault mechanism,” he added.
As is known, the earthquake occurred at 19.09 WIB on Friday (21/05/2021) at a depth of 110 km at the coordinates 8.63 LS-112.34 East Longitude. Simply put, the epicenter is located 57 km southeast of Blitar Regency, East Java.
The earthquake was felt most strongly in Blitar with the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) V scale. As an illustration, the MMI V scale is the earthquake felt by almost all of the population. Large pillars and large items can shake as a result of this earthquake.
The earthquake was also felt in 32 districts / cities on the islands of Java, Bali and Lombok.
Meanwhile, six cities experienced earthquakes with an MMI IV scale, namely Karangkates, Sawahan, Nganjuk, Lumajang, Tulungagung and Malang. The farthest city that felt the earthquake was Purworejo in the west. Purworejo felt this earthquake with a scale of MMI II. Meanwhile in the east the earthquake was felt as far as Central Lombok on the MMI II scale.
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