Gempa bermagnitudo 7,3 mengguncang perairan Pulau Siberut, Kepulauan Mentawai, dan sekitarnya di Sumatera Barat, Selasa (25/4/2023) pukul 03.00.

Ratusan keluarga terdampak banjir yang terjadi di empat desa di Kabupaten Kepulauan Mentawai, Sumatera Barat, beberapa hari terakhir akibat curah hujan tinggi.

Three large earthquakes also rattled the region on 29 Aug. Based on the seismic activity, it seems that the earthquakes were triggered by a new opening in the previously locked fault plate.

Residents of Mentawai Islands Regency, West Sumatra, must remain vigilant of the potential aftershocks caused by the Mentawai megathrust earthquake.

In 2002, Tarida Hernawati embarked on an adventurous journey to the remote island of Siberut in West Sumatra’s Mentawai Islands regency.