Sumatra java9/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, has been introducing technologies to improve hazard forecasting, warning and mitigation. In recent years, the Indonesian government, along with other groups like the Earth Observatory of Singapore and the U.S. Sinabung began erupting in 2010 after a centuries-long dormancy, and has been very active since 2013. ![]() Volcanic ash covers a school and cemetery near Sinabung in January 2014. And, by virtue of the archipelago’s equatorial location and its array of physiographically diverse islands, different parts of the country are subjected to a wide variety of weather, from drenching monsoon rains to prolonged dry spells. ![]() Indonesia sits atop a tectonically complex region along the Pacific Ring of Fire - the volatile region of earthquake and volcanic activity that encircles the Pacific Ocean. Throw a dart anywhere in the vicinity of the 18,000 islands that make up the Indonesian Archipelago, and it will almost certainly land close to more than one active volcano, and near areas severely impacted by past earthquakes and tsunamis, as well as dozens of fires, floods, tornadoes and landslides, which all routinely disrupt this country’s lush beauty. With a little imagination, it’s not hard to see a natural hazard map of Indonesia as a dartboard with many bull’s-eyes. It is one of nearly 80 volcanoes in Indonesia that have erupted in recorded history. Mount Agung on Bali erupts in November 2017. ![]()
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