Saturday, August 21, 2010

An Earthquake in Bantul, Yogjakarta

5 SR magnitudes in Bantul, Yogyakarta is also felt strong enough community of Klaten and Boyolali, Saturday, August 21, 2010. A resident in Klaten said, when the incidence of some residents scrambled out of the house to save themselves.

"The quake was strong enough to gold," Beno said one resident told VIVAnews Klaten.

Although according to BMKG, quake is not potential to cause a tsunami, but an earthquake citizens regard as a threat.

That's why, until around 19:15 pm, residents still chose silence outside the house and did not dare go home, because the earthquake is still felt by local residents.

"We are still traumatized," he said. Likewise Boyolali residents who feel the same, when an earthquake occurs, the resident was fasting.

It is location 8.3 earthquake in South Latitude, with Longitude 110-39 or 15 kilometers southeast of Bantul. It is 24 km to the southwest, Wonosari, 26 km southeast of Yogyakarta, 42 km southwest of Klaten. Earthquake at a depth of 10 kilomoter it is from the seabed occurred at 18:41 pm.
Not yet known whether there are casualties in the incident. Concerning damage to buildings, officials still do the data collection.

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