According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.5 km (11.5 miles) below sea level and was positioned 112 km (74 miles) north of the town of Maumere, the second largest on the island in East Nusa Tenggara. voivodeship with 85 thousand inhabitants
After the primary tsunami warning, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii and later the Indonesian Meteorological Agency raised warnings after the quake.
National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Abdul Muhari said residents of East Flores district were strongly affected by the earthquake. The footage shows people fleeing from buildings that shook under the impact of the impact.
One person was injured in East Nusa Tenggara province.
Tremors were also felt in Makassar city and the Selayar Islands district in South Sulawesi province, across the Flores Sea. The Disaster Mitigation Agency reported that a college was damaged within the Selayar Islands.
Muhari said small tsunami waves of seven cm in diameter were detected within the Marapokot and Reo areas based on sea level observations.
Dwikorita Karnawati, head of the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency, said coastal residents on the north side of Flores should pay attention to further earthquakes and a possible tsunami.
“The earlier earthquake not has tsunami potential. But it is rather possible that there can be aftershocks, hopefully not stronger than before,” Karnawati said.
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Flores Timur district chief Anton Hayon said no damage had been reported.
“We asked people in coastal areas to maneuver away from the beach line, especially on the north side… because there was a big tsunami there in 1972,” Hayon said.
He added that residents have participated in tsunami drills before and know what to do.
Indonesia, an unlimited archipelago of 270 million people, is regularly hit by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis as a result of its location within the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines that span the Pacific Ocean.
The last major earthquake was in January, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, killing not less than 105 people and injuring nearly 6,500 in West Sulawesi province.
