More than 380 people have been confirmed dead after a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit an Indonesian city on Friday. Waves up to 3m (10ft) high swept through Palu on Sulawesi Does Indonesia have a tsunami early warning system? Yes. Indonesia's tsunami early warning system is currently made up of a network of 170 seismic broadband stations, 238 accelerometer 25 Dec 2018. Thousands of people were left homeless when a volcano-triggered tsunami smashed homes on the coastal areas of western Java and southern Sumatra in Indonesia. The powerful waves The Science of Indonesia's Surprise Tsunami. Dozens of earthquakes rocked the region, but a tsunami didn't seem imminent. Then the massive waves began crashing in. By Maya Wei-Haas. Published Indonesia was the first country to be seriously affected by the earthquake and tsunami created by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 December 2004, swamping the northern and western coastal areas of Sumatra, and the smaller outlying islands off Sumatra. Nearly all the casualties and damage took place within the province of Aceh. There's a tsunami! Run!" All but a few ignored his pleas, as three enormous waves—the tallest of which would later be estimated at twenty feet—thundered across the nearby bay. The first wave 1Md1.

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