Post On : January 25, 2014
Seismic Source Zone
The Tectonics of Java were dominated by northward subduction by the Australian plate beneath the relatively quiet Eurasian plate. Movement of the Australian plate is around 6 cm / year with a direction close to perpendicular towards the southern part of the Java Trench. Beneath Java Island, Australian Plate laid with a depth ranging from 100-200 km below the southern part and about 600 km on the northern part of Java.
In some earthquake catalogs and literatures, there were many earthquakes that caused damage on the island of Java, Yogyakarta Earthquake (2006) and tsunami Banyuwangi (1994), Pangandaran (2007) and Tasikmalaya (2009).
Exposures
Very strong and strong shake were felt in Kebumen, Cilacap, and Banyumas Regency. These are the nearest Kecamatans around Epicenter of earthquake in Kebumen regency with population is + 1.159.926 and there are + 311.673 families.
Loss Estimation
MAIPARK Cat-model has estimated no losses from this event. Temporary report from local government has been reported that a house was severely damaged and many others were mildly damaged in Kebumen, Banyumas, and Cilacap.
Disclaimer
This Information Generated From MAIPARK's Catastrophe Modeling. Estimated damage only from earthquake shaking. EQ Parameter refer to US. Geological Survey (http://earthquake.usgs.gov)
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