The cause of the devastating tsunami in Indonesia has been revealed.
The devastating waves that caused chaos, calamities and deaths in Indonesia on Saturday (22) were not triggered by an earthquake, but by the partial collapse of the Anak Krakatoa volcano, according to scientists and official sources.
Sputnik Brazil - The devastating waves that caused chaos, calamities and deaths in Indonesia on Saturday (22) were not triggered by an earthquake, but by the partial collapse of the Anak Krakatoa volcano, according to scientists and official sources.
According to information released by authorities on Monday (24), the fall of a large piece of the volcano into the ocean waters triggered the tsunami, causing the death of at least 373 people and injuring more than 1.400.
The volcano had been spewing ash and lava for months. Dwikorita Karnawati, head of the Meteorological Agency, explained to Reuters that a section of about 640 square meters on the southwest side of the volcano collapsed on Saturday, "causing an underwater landslide" and then the deadly tsunami.
The warning system failed because this tsunami was not caused by an earthquake, but rather by a landslide from the Anak Krakatoa volcano.
Jose Borrero, a tsunami risk expert, observed that volcanic tsunamis generated by landslides are more enigmatic than those caused by earthquakes, which are studied more thoroughly.
After the accident, it was found that Indonesia's tsunami warning system has not been fully operational for six years. Since 2012, the deep-water early detection buoy, a key element of the warning system, has been out of service due to poor maintenance, authorities claimed.