Back ground cracks occurred in the village of Megarmukti Pangalengan, Bandung regency after previously occurred in 2011 ago. Besides PANGALENGAN, West Java region were also classified as vulnerable to landslides, especially in the southern region. Exactly
at 14:30 4-May-2015 and then, when the residents are busy doing
activities that a large majority of the farmers were surprised by the
landslide that come back on Canning region. after the avalanche atmosphere Village Hall Margamuktipun looked crowded. They
were victims of landslides, residents fearing the aftershocks
landslides so decided to move to refugee shelters or to relatives. At
least 55 families were evacuated to refugee shelters with 12 souls were
injured, five unidentified died, two of the four victims msh
hospitalized in hospitals of Al-Ihsan, and four are still in the process
of finding Sar Joint Team. Landslide also hit the geothermal pipe belonging to PT Star Energy Geothermal, causing an explosion.Indeed
symptoms of landslides have been detected since mid-March 2015 and
then, with estimates of ground motion yanh crown length of 150 meters, a
width of 253 meters, and the width of the crack cavity 20-30
centimeters. however, relocation of residents late still experiencing problems.Now the search process is focused on three areas suspected to be the location tertimbunnya citizens. by
lowering heavy equipment 550 as many as four people is a combination of
BPBDs, military, police, Basarnas, and various parties.
