Indonesia's New Tsunami Early-warning System
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
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.
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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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