Indonesia's New Tsunami Early-warning System

The waters south of Java were ground zero for a tsunami preparedness drill in which more than 20 countries, including Indonesia, participated last week.

The two-day exercise was intended to test the extensive prediction, detection, analysis and communication systems that have been put in place since 2004, when a massive earthquake struck off Sumatra's west coast and claimed around 300,000 lives.

Back then, Indonesia had no early-warning center,

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