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A 6.2 Richter scale earthquake has struck the city of Blitar in Indonesia’s East Java province on Friday, May 22. No casualties were reported in the disaster.

The Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency [BMKG] said the earthquake’s epicenter was 57 kilometers southeast of Blitar at a depth of 110 kilometers.

“The [Blitar] earthquake can be felt in East Java, and as far as [the provinces] of Central Java, Yogyakarta and Bali, as well as West Nusa Tenggara Province,” the agency announced.

BMKG Earthquake and Tsunami Center head Rahmat Triyono said the earthquake was of moderate strength. “

Active Tectonics, Geology and Earthquakes expert Gayatri Indah Marliyani from Gadjah Mada University’s Center for Disaster Studies backed the BMKG’s finds.

She added that the earthquake’s depth and substantial magnitude caused the phenomena and the following aftershocks to be felt across a wide area.

“In Yogyakarta, the earthquake can be felt for 10 seconds. In East Java, the earthquake damaged a number of buildings, and can potentially weaken their foundation,” Gayatri asserted.

The BMKG’s Rahmat assured that the earthquake will not cause a tsunami. “However, the scale of the earthquake is strong enough to shake walls and rattle windows as well as doors. The BMKG also detected two aftershocks measuring 3.1 and 2.9 Richter scales,” he asserted.

Indonesia is located in the Ring of Fire, an area in the Indo-Pacific region that is vulnerable to earthquakes, volcanoes and other military disasters.

Source:

https://go.kompas.com/read/2021/05/22/052641474/62-richter-scale-earthquake-strikes-east-java-other-indonesian-provinces?page=all#page2. 

President Jokowi Maintains Indonesia’s Stance on Palestine in Reply to Hamas

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has maintained Indonesia’s stance in the Palestinian crisis in reply to a letter by Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh pleading Jakarta to drum up support for Palestine.

“President Jokowi maintained Indonesia’s stance [in the Middle East crisis], namely condemning the eviction of Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah district of East Jerusalem, and the use of violence towards Palestinian civilians at the al-Aqsa Mosque,” said Presidential spokesman Fadjroel Rahman.

“The President conveyed his stance in his statement on May 10. He has urged the UN Security Council to take action against Israeli human rights violations, and assured the Palestinian people of his constant support.”

Fadjroel added that Jokowi has reached out to the leaders of Turkey, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam to halt Israeli aggression in the Palestinian territories.

In a letter dated May 19, Haniyeh has urged Jokowi to drum up support for Palestine in the Arab, Islamic and international community to pressure Israel to stop its aggression in the Gaza Strip and halt the Jewish state from building Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem.

Source:

https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2021/05/21/16091741/soal-surat-hamas-ke-jokowi-ini-kata-istana.