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PORTALSURABAYA.com – The island of Java has been reported to have the potential to be hit by a tsunami of up to 20 meters in the southern region.
It is even estimated that giant ocean waves take only 20 minutes to reach shore.
BMKG Director Dwikorita Karnawati responded to the investigation that one of the BMKG investigators, Dr. Pepen Supendi was directly involved in the investigation, especially in data processing and seismicity analysis.
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Indonesia’s readiness to address this potential in 2008, BMKG has operated a Tsunami Early Warning and Monitoring System to anticipate the impact of the Megathrust earthquake that occurred in Aceh.
If the time comes when the tsunami wave reaches the nearest beach, it will take about 20 minutes.
“The built system is operated using the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to quickly calculate the parameters, magnitudes and locations of earthquake hypocenters, which can then be calculated (estimated) automatically using mathematical models the possible tsunami events. “Dwikorita said on Friday, September 25, 2020.
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Therefore, the information about earthquake events and tsunami early warnings can be automatically disseminated through BNPB, BPBD, television and other information dissemination modes, SMS, telephone or fax, social media, BMKG information applications.
It only took 3-5 minutes after the earthquake occurred in the southern Java region.
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