Anak Karakatau Cauased A Silent Tsunami, Beaches Area in Sunda Straight Flooded


Anak Karakatau , Tsunami

lamanqu.id – No indication of earthquack shack a dictator mechine, but water raised wave water which define a tsunami that hit Pandeglang, Serang and South Lampung, Indonesia,
Saturday night, killed at least 43 people and injured at least 582, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of public relations at Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency, said on TV One at a Press Confrence. Two people are missing, he said earlier.

Nugroho tweeted on his verfied account that 430 houses and nine hotels were heavily damaged, indicating the tsunami hit residential and tourist areas.

The tsunami was likely caused by a combination of underwater landslides due to a volcanic eruption, the country’s meteorological, climatological and geological agency said.

“The Geological Agency detected at 21.03 local time the Anak Krakatau erupted,” Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency said, adding that the tsunami struck 24 minutes later. “It’s possible the materials around Anak Krakatau collapsed to the sea and triggered the tsunami and affected beaches around Sunda Strait.”
A whatsapp video spreaded shows a police officer reported from Ranai village, South Lampung located between Bakauni and Lampung, at 21:14 am +7 GMT. He said that sea water reached the main road and a half of villagers have refugeed to mountained area. No injured he reported found, traffica was run very smooth and steady.
Indonesia has been hit by a series of natural disasters in recent weeks, including a powerful earthquake that hit the island of Sulawesi on September 28. In the towns of Baleroa and Petobo, rivers of soil swept away entire neighborhoods in the aftermath of the magnitude-7.5 earthquake and ensuing tsunami.