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        "id": 1981245,
        "msgid": "early-tsunami-warning-prevents-many-fatalities-1789473124",
        "date": "2026-09-15 18:24:00",
        "title": "Early Tsunami Warning Prevents Many Fatalities",
        "author": "Cahya  Mulyana",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has stressed that public awareness in responding quickly to tsunami early warnings is crucial to minimising casualties. Following the M7.7 earthquake off Flores in East Nusa Tenggara, BMKG issued a tsunami warning within 2 minutes 16 seconds, and prompt community evacuation meant no lives were lost despite waves reaching up to 2.68 metres inland.",
        "content": "<p>The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has\nreminded the public of the importance of awareness in responding swiftly\nto tsunami early warnings in order to minimise the risk of\ncasualties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best early warning system is the public\u2019s awareness to respond\nto tsunami potential,\u201d said the Head of BMKG\u2019s Centre for\nStandardisation of Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics\nInstrumentation, Rahmat Triyono, at a press conference in Jakarta on\nTuesday (15\/9).<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Rahmat stated that communities in coastal areas need to\nbe aware of the need to evacuate immediately when they feel a strong\nearthquake tremor or receive a warning about potential tsunami.<\/p>\n<p>He further explained that in the earthquake that struck Flores, East\nNusa Tenggara (NTT), with a magnitude of 7.7 on 15 August 2026, BMKG\nissued a tsunami early warning only 2 minutes 16 seconds after the main\nshock struck.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the earthquake\u2019s epicentre was located about 30\nkilometres northeast of Nagekeo, NTT, at a depth of 15 kilometres.\nRahmat said the shallow earthquake was triggered by activity of the\nFlores Back-Arc Thrust with a thrust fault mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, the results of BMKG\u2019s sea-level observations through 16\ntsunami gauge stations in NTT, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), and South\nSulawesi recorded tsunami wave rises at a number of points. Tsunami\nwaves were recorded as high as 1.60 metres in Pota, 1.61 metres in Reo,\n0.54 metres in Bulukumba, 0.40 metres in Selayar, and 0.56 metres in\nSape.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, BMKG\u2019s field survey also found traces of a tsunami along\nthe northern coast of Flores, with the highest run-up reaching 2.68\nmetres in Selama Village. The tsunami damaged 23 houses, including two\nhouses swept away by the tsunami in Selama Village.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, there were no fatalities from the tsunami because the\ncommunity immediately evacuated after receiving the tsunami early\nwarning. In line with this, BMKG urged communities in tsunami-prone\nareas not only to rely on early warning information, but also to\nunderstand evacuation routes and carry out independent evacuation when\nconditions require it.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/early-tsunami-warning-prevents-many-fatalities-1789473124",
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