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| Lawrence looking towards Java in the area of this morning's six point plus earthquake |
This early morning earthquake on Java has already led to some fatalities.
If history repeats itself is a strong possibility that as remote villages report their losses there will also be more fatalities and injuries.
Our hearts go out to those in Northeast Java who have just undergone this deadly event.
We pray that there are no further quakes and that they can recover quickly from this event.
The aftermath of an earthquake in East Java province, on Oct 11, 2018.PHOTO: BNPB
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Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
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Three people were killed and houses were damaged after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off East Java province and Bali at around 2am Thursday (Oct 11). Not much damage, however, was reported, the Indonesian government said.
The three victims were the residents of Sumenep, East Java, and were asleep when their house nearly collapsed after the shallow quake, 12km underground, Indonesian disaster management agency (BNPB) said in a statement. The United States Geological Survey recorded the quake with a magnitude of 6.0.
The quake’s epicentre was 55km north-east of east Java. Indonesia's most populous Java island is right next to the main tourist island of Bali where the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings are being held this week.
"The quake didn't trigger any tsunami for sure," Ms Dwikorita Karnawati, head of Indonesia’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency (BMKG), told AFP.
"Wow, that was really strong and it lasted a long time," AFP reported, citing a woman named Davy who took refuge in the parking lot of a Bali hotel, several kilometres from where the IMF-World Bank annual meetings' venue.
Some guests at the hotel in Nusa Dua, south of Bali's main international airport, briefly fled outside after the strong tremor shook the building, AFP said.
Meanwhile, residents in Sumenep, East Java felt the tremors for between two seconds and five seconds, BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a statement released less than three hours after the quake.
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3 orang meninggal dunia, 4 orang luka dan beberapa rumah rusak di Kabupaten Semenep akibat gempa M6,3 yang mengguncang wilayah Jawa Timur dan Bali. Pusat gempa di 61 km timur laut Situbondo pada kedalaman 10 km. Tidak berpotensi tsunami.
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About 25 minutes ago yet another earthquake in Indonesia -- 6.0 magnitude 193 km E of #Surabaya (#Indonesia). But was strong enough to wake up everyone in our hotel in Bali.
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"Based on our analysis of the earthquake map, its corresponding intensity was felt between III and IV Modified Mercalli Intensity scale (MMI), or between light and moderate. Generally, there are not much damage impact from the quake," BNPB's Dr Sutopo said in the statement.
Last month, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Central Sulawesi killed more than 2,000 people and destroyed tens thousands of houses. This came after earthquakes in Lombok, east of Bali, killed more than 500.
Residents in the affected areas in Central Sulawesi were exposed to intensity VI-VII MMI.
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