Jakarta, IDN Times – Head of the Climate Change Information Center of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Dodo Gunawan said that the total lunar eclipse that occurred on Wednesday, May 26 will not trigger an earthquake. A lunar eclipse, he said, only affects the tides.
“Events on earth that are directly related to the moon are the gravitational force that affects the tides of the sea. Earthquakes are not physically related to the moon,” said Dodo to IDN Times, Monday (31/5/2021).
On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, there has been a total lunar eclipse that can be seen by the Indonesian people with the naked eye.
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1. Earthquake at full moon is just a coincidence
The Head of BMKG Earthquake and Tsunami Mitigation, Daryono, said that the total lunar eclipse did not cause an earthquake. According to him, if there was an earthquake after the lunar eclipse, it would just be a coincidence.
“Several cases of earthquakes that occur at full moon are just coincidences and empirical evidence is still difficult to find,” Daryono said IDN Times, Monday.
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2. In 2018 an earthquake rocked Lombok the day after a total lunar eclipse
Earthquake Illustration (IDN Times/Sukma Shakti) –
Previously, on July 29 2018, an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richer Scale (SR) rocked Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). This earthquake occurred only a day after the total lunar eclipse on July 28, 2018. However, according to Daryono, such earthquakes are common.
“Every day there are about 18 earthquakes, whether or not there is an eclipse,” said Daryono.
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3. The same total lunar eclipse phenomenon will only occur in 2039
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The phenomenon of a total lunar eclipse or super blood moon What happened on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, which can be seen from various parts of Indonesia, is predicted by the Jakarta Planetarium to be observed again in Indonesia in 2039.
As quoted from BMKG, super blood moon This occurs because the sun, earth, and moon are in a parallel position and this year there are only two lunar eclipses, namely May 26, 2021 and a partial eclipse on November 19, 2021.
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