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- An earthquake measuring 6.5 M in Pidie Jaya, Aceh, Wednesday (07/12/2017) morning is the impact of horizontal movement of active faults and dextral (heading to the right).
Earthquake expert from Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Gayatri Indah Marliyani, said that active faults move in Pidie Jaya, is a branch of the fault in the northern part of Sumatra. Fault is oriented northwest-southeast.
"There is pressure from the subduction zone or subduction in southern Sumatra, provide strong compressive force to the surface. As a result, form-fault active fault, earthquake occurred due to the movement of the fault-fault," said Gayatri UGM in a press statement on Wednesday.
He said the quake was felt strongly because the region is composed of rocks that are not compact.
When passing through the area with loose rocks-off, the amplitude of the seismic waves will be enlarged in order to propagate the same energy so that the vibration is felt in this area stronger.
"An earthquake is destructive, mainly due to the shallow depth and occur in densely populated residential areas," he said.
However, due to fault movement that is horizontal and occurs at a shallow depth, the quake is not potential to cause a tsunami.
Team members national earthquake map revision is asking the public to remain vigilant and anticipate the occurrence of aftershocks, even though the strength is small, and will continue to decline.
"The thing to do is check the condition of the building as if the building is damaged or cracked badly, a small tremor was able to destroy the building," he said.
Gayatri also expressed the importance of earthquake disaster mitigation efforts. One of them by mapping the fault lines or active fault in the entire region of Indonesia, especially in densely populated areas or urban.
"Indications are that this fault is active is the seismicity in the area of the fault. When the fault move and cause an earthquake, this fault will tend to move again in the future," he said.
He said the need for in-depth geological studies of the history of earthquakes along the fault. This research to uncover the history of earthquakes in the past and know the potential of earthquakes in the future.
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