Turkey earthquake a lesson and a warning for Indonesia, says govt agency


People affected by the deadly earthquake queue for aid in Hatay, Turkey, on Feb. 24, 2023. - Reuters

JAKARTA, Feb 26 (Jakarta Post/ANN):The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) warned the recent massive earthquake in Turkey should motivate Indonesia to prepare for earthquake mitigation as Indonesia had the potential to experience earthquakes with a similar scale.

BMKG head Dwikorita Karnawati said on Thursday that just like Turkey, Indonesia was also vulnerable to catastrophic and complex earthquakes caused by strike slips of active faults.

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