Earthquake Zone and Earthquake Resistant Houses
The knowledge and awareness of our ancestors to build earthquake-resistant houses must be upheld because we live in an active tectonic zone, making it prone to earthquakes.
SAR officers on Wednesday (23/11/22) searched for victims who were allegedly still buried under the ruins of buildings due to the earthquake in Cianjur on Monday (21/11/2022). Latest Update, Cianjur Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 268 People.
The 5.6-magnitude earthquake that jolted Cianjur and Sukabumi, West Java, on Monday 21/11/2022), killing hundreds of people, is not the first and could be repeated. This disaster must be a lesson learned to strengthen mitigation so that the next earthquake will no longer claim lives.
Based on data from the Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), the epicenter of the 5.6-M earthquake this time was about 10 kilometers southwest of Cianjur regency and 15 km northeast of Sukabumi city. The hypocenter of the earthquake was 10.152 km underground.