CNN — The disaster hit without warning. Many of the hundreds of people who died when a tsunami struck the Indonesian coast Saturday night were nowhere near shelter. Quite simply, they had no The Science of Indonesia's Surprise Tsunami. Dozens of earthquakes rocked the region, but a tsunami didn't seem imminent. Then the massive waves began crashing in. By Maya Wei-Haas. Published Does Indonesia have a tsunami early warning system? Yes. Indonesia's tsunami early warning system is currently made up of a network of 170 seismic broadband stations, 238 accelerometer A total of 77 tidal waves classified as a tsunami since 1608 have killed 223,347 people in Indonesia. Tsunamis therefore occur comparatively often in this country. The strongest tidal wave registered in Indonesia so far reached a height of 100 meters. .

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