Earthquake M 6.5 Sumenep: Vibration Feeling in Blitar, Bali to Lombok

Jakarta – The Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) noted that there were a number of aftershocks after the 6.5 (m) earthquake that shook Sumenep, Madura, East Java. Earthquake vibrations m 6.5 feels like the regions of Bali and Lombok. “This four -time aftershock took place on Wednesday morning to 00.29 WIB, from the initial incident on 23.49 WIB on Tuesday (30/9), with the largest scope of 4.4,” BMKG earthquake director and Tsunami, Daryono, reported on Wednesday (1/10/2025). The earthquake center that took place in the eastern district of Madura Island was on the coordinates of 7.25 ls, 114.22 Bt, with an earthquake epicenter in the 50 km southeast of Sumenep and Sapudi Island, Sumenep, at a depth of 11 km. Rolling to continue with the content According to Daryono, the type of earthquake that occurred in Sumenep was a tectonic earthquake, which is a shallow earthquake caused by an active errors underwater. “This earthquake has an impact and is felt in the field of Sapudi V-VI MMI (all feel vibration and light damage), Sumenep, Pamekasan and Surabaya with the intensity scale of III-EV MMI, vibrations are felt in the home,” he said. Earthquake vibrations were also felt in the areas of Tuban, Denpasar and Gianyar with an intensity scale III MMI, Tabanan, Buleleng, Kuta and Banyuwangi with an intensity scale II-III MMI. Other areas monitored also felt that the earthquake vibrations in Sumenep and Sapudi Island North Lombok, Mataram City, Central Lombok, Malang and Blitar were on the MMI II intensity scale. “Vibration is felt by several people, light objects hang swing. The modeling results show that this earthquake has no tsunami potential,” he said. The BMKG has called on the community to remain calm and not be influenced by issues that cannot be taken into account. Residents affected were also asked to avoid cracked or damaged buildings caused by the earthquake. “Make sure that official information is obtained only from BMKG distributed by the verified official communication channel,” he said. (RFS/RFS)