A house was damaged after the earthquake in East Java on April 10 (Photo: AFP/VNA)The Indonesia National Disaster Management Agency (BNPM)’sspokesperson Raditya Jati said that one person was seriously injured, whilelocal residents in some villages in East Java were forced to evacuate.
The earthquake was 82km deep offshore Java, about 45kmsouthwest of Malang city.
The same day, a 6.1-magnitude quake rocked Davao Occidentalprovince in the southern region of Philippines.
According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanologyand Seismology (Phivolcs), the quake, which struck at 5:30 pm local time, hitat a depth of 314 km, about 148 kilometers southwest to Sarangani town.
The quake will trigger aftershocks but will not causedamage, said Phivolcs.
The tremor was also felt in Alabel town in Saranganiprovince as well as in the Mindanao region.
Indonesia and the Philippines have frequent seismic activitydue to their locations along the Pacific "Ring of Fire."
In December 2004, a 9.1-magnitude shook Indonesia’s Sumatra coast,killing 220,000 people, including 170,000 Indonesians.
On January 15, 2021, a 6.2-magnitude quake killed over 90 people, injured more than 820 others and forced about 28,000 people in Majene district and Mamuju city in West Sulawesi province to flee home. Another quake hit the country’s North Sulawesi on January21./.
Indonesia and the Philippines have frequent seismic activitydue to their locations along the Pacific "Ring of Fire."
In December 2004, a 9.1-magnitude shook Indonesia’s Sumatra coast,killing 220,000 people, including 170,000 Indonesians.
On January 15, 2021, a 6.2-magnitude quake killed over 90 people, injured more than 820 others and forced about 28,000 people in Majene district and Mamuju city in West Sulawesi province to flee home. Another quake hit the country’s North Sulawesi on January21./.
VNA
