Central Sulawesi earthquake triggered mass movement to higher ground

Residents of the Toujan sub-district were seen fleeing. The inhabitants of the coastal zone moved to higher areas.

Jakarta (Antara) – Dozens of people have fled to higher ground in fear of a tsunami following the powerful earthquake that rocked the Togo Una-Ona district of Central Sulawesi Province on Monday night.

Abdul-Mahari, acting head of the disaster data and information center at the National Agency for Disaster Mitigation (BNPB), noted in a written statement issued by the residents of the Toujan sub-district as they fled. on Monday.

By Monday night, the BNPB had not received a report of physical damage.

Mahari noted that the Togo Ona Disaster Mitigation Office (BPBD) had urged local residents to remain calm and not panic in the wake of the strong earthquake.

Al-Mahari stated that the BPBD has also called on local residents to report any material damage, injuries or deaths.

The BNPB also received reports of the latest situation in several areas, including Morowali Utara, Pohuwato, Banggai and Poso, following the earthquake.

The BPBD in Morowali Utara District reported that the earthquake was strongly felt by many locals. Meanwhile, the situation in Bangai district has returned to normal with no reports of physical damage.

The quake was widely felt in Poso area. The tremors forced COVID-19 patients, who are being treated on the third floor of Poso Regional General Hospital (RSUD), to stay outdoors.

Mahari said the quake was strongly felt in Bentuna, Kadibang, Binugaluman, Pul Itang Bat and Pul Itang Timur districts in Bulang Mungundu Uttara district.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said the strong earthquake, measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale, shook the Minahasa Peninsula in the Togo Una-Ona region of Central Sulawesi, although no tsunami warning was issued.

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The epicenter of the earthquake, which struck at 7:02 p.m. West Indonesia Time, was located in the sea, about 59 kilometers northeast of Togo Ona-Ona, at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the agency.

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the region earlier today.

The BMKG reported that the quake, which struck at 10:52 a.m. Western Indonesia Time (WIB), had its epicenter 55 kilometers northeast of the Togo Una Ona region, at a depth of 10 kilometers.

“It was a shallow earthquake caused by deformation caused by a local fault. The result of the source mechanism analysis shows that the earthquake had a natural fault,” Bambang Sitio Preyetno, head of the BMKG Seismology and Tsunami Center, noted in a statement on Monday.

Central Sulawesi bore the brunt of the 7.4-magnitude earthquake on September 28, 2018.

The powerful earthquake followed by the tsunami and soil liquefaction in Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi province, killed 2,102 people, injured 4,612 and left 680 missing.

A total of 68,451 houses were severely damaged, while 78,994 people were displaced by the quake.

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