Earthquake Phlipina Islands (31/8) at 19:47:34 hrs

Earthquake 7.9 on the Richter Scale (SR) Phlipina Islands on Friday (31/8) at 19:47:34 hrs. Gempat precisely located 10.83 N, 126.68 BT with a depth of 34 km. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) issued a tsunami warning for the Philippines, Indonesia, and Belau.

On the movement of the earth's crust, BMKG have submitted information to the Command Post BNPB a potential tsunami alert level in Sorong and King Four. 0.5 m tsunami is expected to sweep most of the eastern coast of Indonesia (KTI), which is in North Sulawesi, North Maluku and West Papua 23.00 .

Head of Data, Information and Public Relations BNPB, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said post BNPB has conveyed to potential tsunamis BPBD North Sulawesi, North Maluku and BPBD BPBD West Papua so that people stay away from the beach.

However BNPB urge the public to remain calm and anticipation. "Post BNPB continued monitoring and analysis of tsunami. More info will be delivered if it is nothing else," he said in a release Sutop delivered to reporters, a few moments ago. (Source JPNN)