Latest news! Big earthquake M5.6 Shook Talaud, North Sulawesi
Jakarta – The Climatology and Geophysics Meteorology Agency reported that a large earthquake with M5.6 complained to Sulawesi Sea, Taloud Islands, North Sulawesi, Friday, May 2, 2025, at 05.26.45 WIB.
Based on the analysis, BMKG shows that this earthquake has an update parameter with the value of M5.4.
The epicenter of the earthquake is located in coordinates of 5.38 ° LU; 126.11 ° East or exactly located at sea at a distance of 127 km north of the island of Karatung, the northern Sulawesi at a depth of 97 km.
“Paying attention to the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquake that occurs is the type of average earthquake from the deformation on the Philippine slab,” the director of Gempabumi and Tsunami BMKG said in his official statement.
“The results of the analysis of the initial mechanism show that the earthquake has a shift mechanism (Strike Slip),” he continued.
Based on the alleged map of shock (Shakemap), this earthquake caused shocks in Melongguan, the islands of Taloud with the intensity scale II – III MMI (the vibrations seemed real in the house. It feels vibrations, as if the passage of a truck was passing).
There was still no report on the impact of damage caused by an earthquake. The results of modeling show that this earthquake does not have the potential of the tsunami
Dareonono confirmed that until 06.00 the results of BMKG monitoring did not show Afterchok.
