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View all search resultsJava on alert following series of earthquakes
West Java has to contend with the possibility of more seismic activity in the near future, prompting experts to call for more preemptive measures by the government.
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O
n Thursday morning, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Sukabumi in West Java, sparking a panic among residents barely awake in and around the city. It was the fifth significant tremor to hit the province in the past month.
Suddenly the region has to contend with the possibility of more seismic activity in the near future, prompting experts to call for more preemptive measures by the government.
Pramono, 28, a local resident of Sukabumi’s Cikole district, said the shocks immediately woke him up from his sleep as the trembling went on for a few seconds.
“The shaking felt quite strong,” said the young man who lives on the second floor of a boarding house, as quoted by Kompas.com.
[https://bandung.kompas.com/read/2022/12/08/085727278/gempa-m-58-guncang-sukabumi-warga-berhamburan-keluar-rumah]
The Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) later reported that the earthquake’s epicenter was located 22 kilometers southeast of the city and 104 km below the surface.
[https://www.bmkg.go.id/gempabumi-terkini.html]
