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The 2018 Sunda strait tsunami (Indonesian: Tsunami Selat Sunda 2018) occurred on 22 December 2018 at around 21:38 local time after large parts of the southwestern side of Anak Krakatoa collapsed onto its caldera. [5] The landslide spawned a massive tsunami wave that struck multiple coastal regions in Banten and Lampung, including the popular ...
Massive tsunamis struck the coastlines of the Sunda Strait, entirely submerging some islands. [13] The tsunamis produced by the third explosion were the largest, although the first two explosions did produce smaller tsunamis. [14] The town of Merak was destroyed by a tsunami that was 46 metres high.
Anak Krakatau. Anak Krakatau (Indonesian: Anak Krakatau) [notes 1] is a volcanic island in Indonesia. On 29 December 1927, Anak Krakatau first emerged from the caldera formed in 1883 by the explosive volcanic eruption that destroyed the island of Krakatoa. There has been sporadic eruptive activity at the site since the late 20th century ...
A tsunami that devastated the area around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, leaving at least 222 dead and hundreds more injured, struck fast and without warning on Saturday. While most tsunamis have ...
A volcano-triggered tsunami has left at least 222 people dead and hundreds more injured after slamming without warning into beaches around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, officials said Sunday ...
Krakatoa. Krakatoa (/ ˌkrɑːkəˈtoʊə, ˌkræk -/), also transcribed Krakatau (/- ˈtaʊ /), is a caldera [1] in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The caldera is part of a volcanic island group (Krakatoa archipelago) comprising four islands. Two of them are known as Lang and ...
In May 1883, after years of intense seismic activity in the Sunda Strait, the massive volcano on the uninhabited island of Krakatoa exploded in a furious eruption. It sent a cloud of ash 50 miles ...
Siger Tower, Bakauheni, Sumatra, at the strait's northeastern entrance. The Krakatoa eruption drastically altered the topography of the strait, with as much as 18–21 km 3 of ignimbrite being deposited over an area of 1.1 million km 2 around the volcano. However, the population has recovered and much of the coastline is now very densely populated.