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Indonesia installs nearly 400 earthquake early-detecting sensors

Indonesia announced on September 26 that it is installing nearly 400 seismic sensors, which are able to give warnings 15-30 seconds before earthquakes strike, in Jakarta, Sunda Strait, and West Sumatra.
Indonesia installs nearly 400 earthquake early-detecting sensors ảnh 1Indonesia is installing nearly 400 seismic sensors, which are able to give warnings 15-30 seconds before earthquakes strike. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia announced on September 26 that it isinstalling nearly 400 seismic sensors, which are able to give warnings 15-30seconds before earthquakes strike, in Jakarta, Sunda Strait, and West Sumatra.

Director of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) DwikoritaKarnawati said the number of sensors will rise to more than 560 by the end ofthis year.

He said that the modern earthquake sensors can receive and send earthquakesignals more accurately, helping save lives.

Indonesia, one of the most disaster-prone nations on earth, straddles thePacific “Ring of Fire”, where tectonic plates collide and large portion of theworld’s volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.

Last year, the country suffered from 11,600 earthquakes. A 7.5-magnitude quakeand a subsequent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi island on September 28, 2018killed more than 4,300 people, and forced about 170,000 residents to evacuate.The disaster turned the ground into liquid mud and destroyed many areas inCentral Sulawesi province./.
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