Kupang: The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) installed three earthquake and tsunami early warning receiver systems (WRS) in the Kalabahi area of Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, which is one of Indonesia's quake-impacted zones.
"The BMKG installed three WRS-New Generation systems in Alor Regency this year at the regency office, search and rescue office, and geophysics station," Head of the Alor Geophysics Station Sumawan informed ANTARA on Thursday.
These WRS systems play a crucial role in disseminating early warnings of earthquakes and tsunamis, as Alor Regency's area was prone to earthquakes and tsunamis in the Indonesian archipelago, he remarked.
Indonesia's earthquake zones spread from the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Flores, and Alor to the Banda Sea as well as the islands of Seram, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua, he stated.
Located on the Circum-Pacific Belt, also called the Ring of Fire, the meeting points of several tectonic plates where frequent volcanic and seismic activities occur, Indonesia is susceptible to natural disasters, including earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
In 2004, hundred thousand people died in Banda Aceh and several other parts of Aceh Province after the areas were rattled by a deadly tsunami following a powerful earthquake. (antara)
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