List of 14 Indonesian Areas Threatened by Earthquakes and Tsunamis, BMKG: Not Only Java Island

LEFT CIRCLE – Lately society has been rocked about research that reveals potency earthquake accompanied tsunami will happen in the south Java Island.

The reason research This was carried out by experts from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) also involving the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

Result research shows that, potency earthquake Earth in the south of the island of Java with a magnitude of 9.1 and can cause waves tsunami reaches a height of up to 20 meters on the south coast of West Java, and 12 meters on the south coast of East Java, while the average height along the south coast Java Island is 4.5 meters.

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Suddenly the news made people panic, especially those who live along the south coast Java Island.

Therefore, several prominent figures and BMKG himself appealed to the public not to panic too much, but to remain vigilant. Potency earthquake accompanied tsunami may occur as a result of breaking segments of the quiet lane megathurst earthquake (seismic gap) in the Indonesian Ocean simultaneously.

“High tsunami can reach 20 meters on the south coast of West Java and 12 meters in the south of East Java, “ said Professor of Seismology at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) Sri Widiyantoro.

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Sri Widiyantoro also explained, research ITB uses data earthquake from the catalog BMKG and the International Seismological Center (ISC) catalog from April 2009 to November 2018. The catalog shows that there is a zone extending between the south coast Java Island and Trough Jawa which has little seismic activity.

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