The Bali Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) urged Bali residents to remain calm and ignore rumors of aftershocks following an earthquake on Monday.
“As of Monday, July 25, 2022, at 5:26 p.m. local time, the BMKG monitoring results showed that there was no aftershock activity,” Head of Bali BMKG, Denpasar Region III, Cahyo Nugroho, informed in Denpasar, Bali, on Monday.
An earthquake of 3.7 magnitude shook several parts of Bali at 4:09 p.m. local time on Monday. Its center was located 8.76 degrees south latitude and 115.28 degrees east longitude, seven km northeast of South Kuta, Bali, at a depth of 11 km.
Tsunami modeling on the tectonic earthquake’s sources showed that the quake would not potentially cause a tsunami, Nugroho informed.
By observing the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquake was categorized as shallow and it was determined to have occurred due to horizontal fault activity on the seabed, he explained.
However, he advised the public to avoid cracked or damaged buildings due to the impact of the tectonic earthquake.
“Before you return home, check and make sure your houses are sufficiently resistant against earthquake, or there is no damage from earthquake tremors that endanger the stability of the building,” Nugroho said.
Furthermore, he advised the public to share information related to the earthquake only from BMKG’s official communication channels.
Meanwhile, based on community reports, shocks from the earthquake were felt in Denpasar, Kuta, Jimbaran, and Gianyar, and reached an intensity scale of up to Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) III. In Klungkung, the intensity was between MMI I – II.
As of 7 p.m. on Monday, no damages had been reported.
Source: Antara News