Antara News·Indonesia·Monday, September 28, 2026 at 08:38 AM

Preparedness must be built to reduce earthquake risk: BMKG

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Prasetyo, Kenzu

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said the preparedness capacity of communities and local governments must be built through a series of training programs to reduce earthquake disaster risk.

BMKG Head Teuku Faisal Fathani said in a statement here on Monday that this preparedness training, in the form of an Earthquake Field School (SLG), was held for the community of Jatiyoso Sub-district, Karanganyar District, Central Java.

Karanganyar's geography, which is close to active land faults and the southern Java subduction zone, requires a trained safety response and reflex among every local village resident.

Not only residents took part in the series of training activities, but also 53 other participants, including officials from the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), related agencies, educational institutions, volunteers, and media crews in Karanganyar.

"The participants were equipped with knowledge of the earthquake early warning system (EEWS), shake simulations, and decision-making simulation exercises, or table top exercises," he said.

According to him, instructors from the Sleman Class I Geophysics Station sought to transform disaster information into concrete mitigation measures on the ground during the training.

The fact that no technology in the world can yet precisely predict when and where an earthquake will occur means all elements in disaster-prone zones need early preparedness training, he added.

The technology currently owned by the Indonesian government includes hundreds of seismic sensor units from BMKG, along with other technology such as buoys, tide gauges, and undersea fiber optic cables belonging to several other ministries and government agencies.

These technologies are designed to detect the secondary impacts of earthquakes, such as tsunamis.

"The SLG program is thus in line with the global initiatives of Early Warning, Early Action, and Early Warning for All," he remarked.

He expressed hope that participants would be able to share this disaster mitigation knowledge and these skills with their families and surrounding communities to help them avoid the dangers of earthquakes.

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