Jakarta, April 30 -- The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) called on West Java residents to be adaptive and proactive in mitigating potential earthquakes, as the region is prone to the disaster.

"West Java is vulnerable or prone to earthquakes, so if asked what the potential in the future will be, it will potentially happen again several times this year and next year," BMKG Head Dwikorita Karnawati noted in the agency's statement here on Tuesday.

Karnawati remarked that the Garut, Cianjur, Tasikmalaya, Pangandaran, and Sukabumi regions have a history of experiencing several earthquakes since 1844.

The intensity of earthquakes in West Java is considered high, and there can be several earthquakes in the region in jus...