Indonesia: 6.4-magnitude earthquake off the Tanimbar Islands
Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency reported today, Friday, that an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale occurred off the Indonesian islands of Tanimbar in Maluku province, but ruled out the possibility of a tsunami or tsunami.
The agency stated that the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 97 km, 543 km southeast of Ambon, the capital of Maluku province. The Tanimbar Islands are a group of 65 islands.
There have been no reports of damage, deaths or injuries as a result of this earthquake so far, and Archyde.com might not contact a spokesman for the Indonesian Disaster Authority for comment.
It should be noted that Indonesia is located above the so-called “Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean”, which is a very seismically active area where different plates of the Earth’s crust meet and cause frequent earthquakes.
And the Indonesian “BNN” website stated that since the second of last January, the Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics in Indonesia recorded 1079 earthquakes in the city of Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province and the surrounding areas, including 132 earthquakes strong enough to be felt. population.
On November 21, 2022, an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck western Java, killing at least 331 people.
The deadliest natural disaster in Indonesia occurred in 2004, when a very strong earthquake in the Indian Ocean caused tsunamis that killed more than 230,000 people in 12 countries, most of them in the Indonesian province of Aceh.
Indonesia is also the country with the most active volcanoes, as it contains regarding 13 percent of the total active volcanic mountains in the world, in addition to being located in the most active regions in terms of volcanic movement and earthquakes. Thus, 1.2 million people live under the threat of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
(Archyde.com, Anadolu Agency)