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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
Natural disasters in Indonesia can usefully be divided into major disasters, medium level disasters, and lesser disasters which although causing less damage are very common across Indonesia. These can conveniently be considered as macro, mezzo, and micro events. Policies to respond deal with each of these different types of disasters.
The Dec. 23 tsunami killed around 430 people along the coastlines of the Sunda Strait, capping a year of earthquakes and tsunamis in the vast archipelago, which straddles the seismically active ...
Tide gauges measured the tsunami at around 90 centimetres (35 in) in Serang and 30 centimetres (12 in) in Lampung, [20] on top of the two-metre (6 ft 7 in) high tide. [21] 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]
Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. The volcano ...
This is an incomplete list of more recent recorded major earthquakes that have occurred within the boundaries of Indonesia.The determinants of the activity are indicated by the geology of the region, and the volcanic activity.
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (moment magnitude 9.1–9.3) [44] triggered a series of tsunamis on 26 December 2004 that devastated coastlines surrounding the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people (167,540 in Indonesia alone), making it the deadliest tsunami and one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history.
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history. According to United Nations estimates, more than 220,000 people were killed ...