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A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake has jolted New Zealand’s South Island and triggered a tsunami.

ShakeMap Intensity image

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjDg-owuGHI


** All 22 early warning tsunami buoys placed in Indonesian waters following the 2004 tsunami no longer work because of theft and vandalism.

Bloomberg

 

**  “……Indonesia’s 17,000 islands are especially prone to earthquakes because the country straddles the Ring of Fire, an arc of fault lines and volcanoes that causes frequent seismic upheavals. At least 160,000 people were killed on Sumatra Island as a result of the 9.1 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Boxing Day in 2004…..”

DART Buoys


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