The Indonesian government plans to strengthen domestic housing construction standards to mitigate the impact of potential ...

Indonesia: How do you prepare for a megathrust earthquake? Posted: December 23, 2024 | Last updated: December 26, 2024 Twenty years ago the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami swept across Asia ...

JAKARTA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government is planning to tighten housing construction standards nationwide in an effort to reduce the severe consequences of potential megathrust ...

There must be no more homes lost in an earthquake." Positioned among the top 35 countries globally for natural disaster risk, Indonesia is proactively preparing for megathrust earthquakes that are ...

12/23/2024 December 23, 2024 Twenty years ago the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami swept across Asia, causing death and destruction. And scientists are warning that the next big quake is overdue. DW ...

The 2004 Aceh Earthquake and Tsunami was one of the biggest natural disasters in history. This tragedy provided important lessons for improving disaster risk mitigation. New research comparing the ...

The timing and location of such megathrust earthquakes depend on factors such as the shape, roughness, composition, and fluid content of the fault. Aside from the danger they pose, such ...

Forecasting the size of future megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis by exploiting the new technology of offshore and onshore geophysical observations. We aim to assess the potential for megathrust ...

On December 26, 2004, a powerful earthquake off the coast of Aceh in Indonesia triggered a series of waves that inundated coastal communities and killed 220,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka ...

The government will build adaptive and resilient infrastructure to protect against the impact of natural disasters like ...