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.
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku on earlier September 22, according to the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of Indonesia has warned about high risks of forest and land fires in many Southeast Asian countries as a result of dry conditions in the region.
Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected at least 18,895 hotspots of forest and land fires in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea over the past two weeks.
The public need not worry about a tsunami threat along Java’s southern coast if they take mitigation measures to minimise the impact of disasters, Indonesian agencies have said following rising concerns about the phenomenon.
Authorities of several regions in Indonesia have been reminded to intensify the monitoring for possible forest fires and droughts, as this year's dry season is forecast to be drier compared to the previous year.
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck South Nias of Indonesia’s North Sumatra on June 3, said the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
Indonesia’s Terra and Aqua satellites have detected 27 hotspots with risk of forest fire in seven provinces of Sumatra archipelago, according to the Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
Haze of black smokes from forest and bush fires have caused visibility problems in Riau in the past two days, especially in the morning, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency said.
Policymakers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
member countries are now able to get updates on regional disasters with
the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster
Management (AHA Centre) in Jakarta.
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