Shallow earthquakes struck Jayapura up until Friday 7 p.m. Eastern Time Zone (WIT), with a total of five earthquakes hitting Papua’s capital city in the morning, afternoon and evening up until 5:54 p.m. WIT.

Successive earthquakes in Turkey that killed thousands of people have sounded the alarm for other residential areas that lie on active fault lines, including in Indonesia.

A devastating earthquake originating from an inland source occurred near the Central Java city of Wonosobo in 1924. This quake caused mudslides and killed almost 900 people.

The Cianjur earthquake was detectable by the BMKG within ten minutes after the jolts through a shake map modeling, which proved to be accurate in informing the spread of damaged areas.

Eight people had died and about 3,000 houses were damaged due to the 6.1-magnitude earthquake, which struck in the waters south of Malang on Saturday (10/4/2021).

On Friday there were two earthquakes, namely in South Buton, Southeast Sulawesi; and Aceh Singkil, Aceh province. Two shallow earthquakes centered tens of kilometers from land amplified risk signals in coastal areas.

More than a year has gone by since the earthquakes, tsunami and soil liquefaction hit Palu and its surrounding regions in Central Sulawesi.

Authorities in disaster-prone areas are gearing up to face potential disasters. BNPB has proposed that a presidential instruction be issued that requires regions to have clear and strong disaster management plans.