Krakatoais a small volcanic island in Indonesia, located about 100 miles west of Jakarta. In August 1883, the eruption of the main island of Krakatoa (or Krakatau) killed more than 36,000 people
On25 January last, at 2:49 in the afternoon, there was a great temblor, or earthquake, on this island that lasted one and a half minutesThe shocks continued all afternoon at very short intervals of approximately four, six and eight minutes. Because of the recent devastating earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan, Samoa and Indonesia, the
Indonesiatsunami: Grim search for survivors continues. 12/27/2018 4:46:00 PM Indonesia raised the danger level for an island volcano that triggered a tsunami on the weekend, killing at least 430 people in Sumatra and Java, and widened its no-go zone.
ScienceMar 11, 2011 1:47 PM EDT. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck coastal Japan on Friday, devastating large swaths of the coast and spawning a powerful tsunami, was caused by the Pacific
Theearthquake that generated the great Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 is estimated to have released the energy of 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. Find out what happened and how it was unleashed
WhileIndonesia has experienced many disasters, the level of disaster preparedness varies across the country. In some places where experience with disasters is limited, the preparedness can still be very low (Wulandari, 2018). According to BMKG's head of earthquake and tsunami center, the current tsunami warning system in place in Indonesia is
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