Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan,
As reported by the
State News Agency Antara, the nine areas that the Minister says are at greatest risk of an earthquake are Mentawai, Bengkulu-Lampung, the Sunda-Banten Straits, the Bali Straits, North Sulawesi and the Maluku Sea, Aceh, Sorong, Matano, and Lembang.
During a coordinating meeting for the
National Disaster Mitigation Agency held in Jakarta on Thursday, 04 March 2021, while referring to the nine areas highlighted for a potential earthquake disaster, Luhut added, “We all need to be on alert.”
Luhut continued, explaining that the nine
“at-risk” regions’ analysis is based on available data regarding active zones, seismic gaps, the history of past frequencies of quakes, and the magnitude of those quakes. Minister Luhut said: ‘When will this happen? We don’t know It could be 10, 20, 30, or 50 years in the future –it can happen anytime. For instance, the Lembang Plate. We have heard many briefings on the danger of the shift