Earthquake Shakes Jakarta, Depok, to South Tangerang

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The earthquake was felt by a number of residents in Greater Jakarta on Friday (14/1/2022) at around 16.05 WIB. The earthquake felt quite large for a few minutes.

Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics Council (BMKG) confirmed earthquake activity this afternoon. The BMKG said an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 occurred at 16.05.41 WIB.

The source of the earthquake came from 52 kilometers southwest of Sumur, Banten, with a depth of 10 kilometers. BMKG stated that this earthquake did not have the potential for a tsunami.

Kompas.com felt a strong shaking occurred this afternoon.

“The earthquake was very strong, it lasted a minute or so,” said Diamanty, a resident of Depok, West Java.

Dian Maharani also felt a strong shock. At that time, she was with her baby who was sitting.

“Bouncer My son is rocking on his own,” said this resident of Pamulang, South Tangerang.

Icha, a resident of Cisauk, Tangerang Regency, said that at that time he and his family were about to take a car. However, suddenly the car rocked quite fast.

“New turn on the engine, the car shakes like something shake it, he said.

Not only in Depok, Kompas.com also noted that this earthquake was felt around Jabodetabek.

Warganet immediately reported earthquake activity in their respective areas via Twitter. Currently tweets about “Earthquake” occupy trending topic number one.

Several netizens also shared videos of crowds of people flocking out of office buildings in Jakarta when the earthquake occurred.

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