Late yesterday, a tsunami was set off by an underwater landslide caused by an eruption of Anak Krakatau, a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java. The tsunami has reportedly killed at least 222 people and injured over 800 others.
Indonesia is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire, and has been struck by many noted geological events. Earlier this year, an earthquake and tsunami struck the island of Sulawesi. In 2004, an earthquake near the northwest end of Sumatra set off a tsunami that killed over 200,000 people around the Indian Ocean. Anak Krakatau is a remnant of the former island of Krakatau, which exploded in a massive eruption in 1883.
Read more at BNO, FMT, The Star, The Straits Times and The Jakarta Post.
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