An earthquake measuring 6.4 Sr Shake Some Region

Jakarta (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale was felt in several areas in Lampung and Banten on Friday at 16:52 pm.

According to the Meteorological Agency, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), the epicenter was in some place that is 42 kilometers northwest of Ujung Kulon (Banten), 128 km Southwest Kalianda (Lampung), 137 kilometers southwest Merak (Banten), 151 kilometers southwest Tanjung Karang (Lampung) and 186 kilometers Southwest Metro (Lampung).

The quake centered in Ujung Kulon was in Jakarta on III-IV Mercally Modified Intensity (MMI), Ujung Kulon, IV-V MMI, Sukabumi III-IV MMI, Banten III-IV MMI, Cisarua III-IV MMI and Depok II-III MMI .

Earthquake vibrations make the people who work in tall buildings in Jakarta out of the building and gathered in the courtyard.

Some panic. “Oh, an earthquake yes! How did this,” said a mother who when there was an earthquake vibration on the 20th floor of Wisma ANTARA, Central Jakarta, as he rushed down the emergency stairs.

Workers whose office the other tall buildings in central Jakarta and Kuningan area was also largely down, and gathered in the courtyard until the vibration was no longer felt the quake.

Minister of State for Research and Technology Kusmayanto Kadiman suggested, the people who were in the building when the quake story trying to find a construction of strong buildings.

“You’d better take cover by pressing close to the building of a strong structure. The most powerful is the construction of lifts. Also the walls or large pillars. Avoid being in the middle of the room without the brace,” he said when giving a speech at the halal bil halal Herbal Entrepreneurs Association members at Hotel Sahid Jakarta, Thursday (15/10) night.