Staff Office of the Special Field of Natural Disasters, led Andi Arief released the latest information related to the earthquake. Residents are asked not to panic when word got out there will be an earthquake that hit Sumatra and Bali region.
Appeal was submitted following a team of Andi Arief what the earthquake expert Dr. Robert RJ Ph.D. As Andi Arief team delivered in a press release on Tuesday (13/12/2011), a site that displays periodically the earthquake potential in the world: http://nextearthquake.com/ released information related to the potential threat of a large earthquake will hit along the West coast Sumatra, South Java to Bali, with the power to reach 7 on the Richter Scale.
The site was nurtured DR.RJ Roberts Ph.D, who is the Entomology of the University of Illinois, and Principal Research Scientist in CSIRO Australia. On its Web site, he released a projection of the potential scale of the earthquake is quite alarming in some areas in Indonesia.
"The public is advised not to panic. What was released by Dr. Robert RJ Ph.D is not new, although the information is important because no estimated time of occurrence. Until recently, there has been no technology that can predict when earthquakes will be right," explains Team members Andi Arief, Doctoral Basroni in the press release.
But people still asked to be alert to potential natural disasters including
earthquake, because it is the spirit of the mitigation of natural disasters related to parts of Indonesia which is indeed a disaster-prone zones.
"As it is known that in addition to the Mentawai, Sunda Strait, south of Java to Bali are areas that have the potential megathrust as it enters the cycle," he added.
Geotek LIPI already have a GPS monitoring at dozens of points on the west coast of Sumatra. BMKG also has issued a warning to the South of Java, also BNPB. Even two months ago BMKG be hosted drilling along the Indian Ocean Tsunami. PVMBG also is facing increasing preparedness activities more than 20 volcanoes in Indonesia are also closely related to tectonic activity.
"Increased vigilance is an important factor. BPBD Local Government and as exemplified Pusdalops BPBD brag always increase alertness should be appreciated. So, the earthquake and tsunami not to be feared, but to deal with technology, including the culture of mitigation," explained Basroni.
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