This area is ready for a megathrust earthquake and a 20 meter tsunami, like what?

PORTALSURABAYA.com – Java Island has been reported to have the potential to be hit by a tsunami as high as 20 meters in the southern region.

Even the giant ocean waves are estimated to only take 20 minutes to reach the shore.

Head of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati responded to the research that one of the BMKG researchers, Dr. Pepen Supendi was directly involved in the research, especially in data processing and seismicity analysis.

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Indonesia’s readiness to face this potential in 2008, BMKG has operated a Tsunami Early Warning and Monitoring System to anticipate the impact of the Megathrust earthquake that had happened in Aceh.

If the time arrives when the tsunami wave reaches the nearest beach it will take approximately 20 minutes.

“The system built is operated by using the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligent (AI) to quickly calculate earthquake parameters, magnitudes and earthquake hypocenter locations, which then automatically with mathematical modeling can be calculated (estimated) the potential tsunami events. , “said Dwikorita on Friday, September 25, 2020.

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Thus, information on earthquake events and tsunami early warnings can be disseminated automatically through BNPB, BPBD, television, and various other information dissemination modes, SMS, telephone or fax, social media, BMKG info applications.

It only took 3-5 minutes after the earthquake occurred in the southern region of Java.

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