the phenomenon of a new island in Teinaman Village, North Tanimbar sub-district, after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 rocked Maluku. ANTARA/Residents Handout/aa."an earthquake with a magnitude of more than 7 resulted in a pile of material forming an island"
An island appeared on the surface of the water in Tanimbar Islands Regency, Maluku, after an earthquake with a magnitude of more than 7 shook the area in the early hours of Tuesday.
"The findings in Teinaman Village, North Tanimbar District, an earthquake with a magnitude of more than 7 resulted in a pile of material forming an island," said the Head of Teinaman Village, North Tanimbar District, Bony Kelmaskossu, when contacted from Ambon, Tuesday.
He said this phenomenon caused the entire Teinaman Village community to panic and fear so they temporarily fled.
"The policy that was adopted, we directed the community to temporarily evacuate," said Bony Kelmaskossu.
He hopes that the government and related technical agencies will follow up on the phenomenon that occurred in the village.
The Coordinator of the BMKG Class I Ambon Geophysics Station Data and Information Division, Luthfy Pary stated, regarding the island phenomenon that appeared in Teinaman Village, his party could not provide more detailed information because it needed a more in-depth study.
A term similar to this phenomenon is known as "mud volcano", but requires more in-depth study.
*The information we have is incomplete whether the phenomenon is purely caused by the after-effects of the earthquake or not, so far we have not received accurate information," he said.
A tectonic earthquake with a magnitude of more than 7 occurred on Tuesday morning. The epicenter of the earthquake is located at coordinates 7.37° LS; 130.23° East Longitude, or to be precisely located in the sea at a distance of 136 Km to the Northwest of West Southeastern Maluku, Maluku at a depth of 130 km.
Taking into account the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquake that occurred was of a medium type due to the subduction activity of the Banda Sea.
Source: antaranews
COPYRIGHT © ANTARA 2023
tags:
Earthquake
0 Response to "An island appeared in the Maluku Tanimbar Archipelago after the earthquake"
Post a Comment