Here's the Panic of Mamuju Residents During the Last Earthquake

Mamuju, Sulbarkita.com - An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 on the Richter Scale shook Mamuju Tengah District, West Sulawesi, Wednesday, January 17, 2018. Earthquake tremors were felt to Mamuju District.

A resident of Rimuku Urban Village, Mamuju, admitted that the vibration is not too big but enough, "What we are worried about is aftershocks," said Supriadi, 32.

Similarly, residents Karema Village, Hadi Trisman, 43 years. Although the vibrations are not as strong as last year's earthquake, it is true. "Last year was bigger, but it's been a panic," he said.

That is what formalizes its activities occasionally waiting for news from various parties. The panic subsided after BMKG said it did not move the tsunami.

But not all residents Mamuju Waspada earthquake, one of them Hasmadi Rahmatullah, 24 years, citizen Maccirinnae Road, Binanga Village. "I know this news from social media," he said.

BMKG released an earthquake in Mamuju Tengah at 10.47 WITA. The earthquake in 2.15 South Latitude and 119.02 East Longitude or exactly 52 km southwest Mamuju Tengah, Sulbar with a depth of 10 kilometers.

The BMKG observation shows that there has been one aftershock at 11.12 WITA with power of 3.4 SR at coordinate point 2.39 LS and 118.90 BT or precisely at sea at 71 km northwest of Majene, Sulbar, at 26 km depth.

Related to this earthquake, Head of Center for Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics Region IV Makassar A. Fachri Radjab appealed to the public to be calm and can not with information that can not be justified truth. (ERI / TSM)