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A massive tsunami with waves up to 30 m (100 ft) high, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami after the Boxing Day holiday, or as the Asian Tsunami, [10] devastated communities along the surrounding coasts of the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries, violently in Aceh , and severely in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu , and Khao Lak ...
The 2018 Sunda strait tsunami (Indonesian: Tsunami Selat Sunda 2018) occurred on 22 December 2018 at around 21:38 local time after large parts of the southwestern side of Anak Krakatoa collapsed onto its caldera. [5] The landslide spawned a tsunami wave that struck multiple coastal regions in Banten and Lampung, including the tourist ...
The BMKG claimed the warning was lifted after the tsunami had struck, the timing is clear, but since there was a one-hour time difference between the sunset in Palu and Java where many Indonesian in social media reside, many thought the warning was lifted before the tsunami hit, because the video that circulating around was after the sunset ...
At least 281 people were killed in tsunami waves of up to three meters (10 feet) that hit several towns along the rim of the Sunda Strait, between Java and Sumatra islands, triggered by a ...
A tsunami has killed at least 280 people and injured hundreds on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra following an underwater landslide believed to have been caused by the erupting Anak ...
On the island of South Pagai, the tsunami reached a height of 3 m (9 ft) and swept as far as 600 m (1800 ft) inland. A maximum run-up of 16.86 m (55.3 ft) at Sibigau Island. [13] According to Indonesian officials, more than 20 villages were hit by the tsunami, displacing more than 20,000 people [12] and
Sumatra Tsunami along the southwest coast of Sumatra 1861 Sumatra earthquake: 16 February 1861: Sumatra Tsunami along the northwest coast of Sumatra 1883 eruption of Krakatoa: 27 August 1883: Krakatoa Collapse of Krakatoa caused tsunami sweeping over neighbouring islands and onto Sumatra and Java 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami: 12 December ...
Search and rescue efforts continued on December 28, after a deadly tsunami swept the Sunda Strait coastal provinces of Banten and Lampung the previous week.The tsunami, believed to have been ...