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The following is a list of disasters in Indonesia that have had widespread effects or received substantial attention. It is split into natural and manmade disasters ...
According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB, or Badan Nasional Penanggulanan Bencana), as many as 566 people were killed by natural disasters and displaced over 2.6 million in Indonesia in 2014. Almost all of the disasters were classified as hydro-meteorological events.
The Salvation Army's Indonesia Emergency Services Team was activated in response and worked to assess the damage and needs of those injured or displaced by the tsunami. [161] The United Kingdom 's defense secretary announced that they were to send a RAF A400M Atlas aircraft, a team of military experts, and HMS Argyll , and make £2m of aid ...
While Indonesia possesses a tsunami warning system for tsunamis caused by earthquakes, there is none for volcanic tsunamis. Hence there were no early warnings. [ 22 ] On 23 December, satellite data and helicopter footage confirmed that the southwest sector of the volcano had collapsed, which triggered the tsunami, and that the main volcanic ...
January 11–12, 2019 - Three tornadoes hit West Java, Indonesia. The first tornado struck Karawang with unknown intensity, damaging 21 to 25 homes in East Kopo Village and another 10 homes in Tegaljaya Village. One person was injured during this tornado.
The Sidoarjo mud flow (commonly known as Lumpur Lapindo, wherein lumpur is the Indonesian word for mud; and as Lusi (Lumpur sidoarjo)) is the result of an erupting mud volcano [1] in the subdistrict of Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java, Indonesia that has been in eruption since May 2006.
Indonesia May 26 2007 15,000 Cyclone Sidr: Bangladesh, India Tropical cyclone November 11 – 16 2008 138,373 Cyclone Nargis: Myanmar April 27 – May 3 2009 1,115 2009 Sumatra earthquakes: Indonesia Earthquake September 30 2010 100,000–316,000 2010 Haiti earthquake: Haiti Earthquake January 12 2011 19,749 2011 TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami ...
List of significant tsunamis in Indonesia Event Date Location Summary Notes 1797 Sumatra earthquake: 10 February 1797: Padang Tsunami localized to Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia 1833 Sumatra earthquake: 25 November 1833: Sumatra Tsunami along the southwest coast of Sumatra 1861 Sumatra earthquake: 16 February 1861: Sumatra