Potential Tsunami In Lebak Banten, BPBD Urges Residents To Be More Alert

BANTEN - BMKG said that Indonesia has 13 megathrust zones that have been formed since thousands of years ago. Some coastal areas, especially in these zones, are expected to remain vigilant without panic.

Recently, the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Lebak Regency, Banten Province continues to urge residents who are in the southern coastal area to be aware of potential tsunamis. "For disaster mitigation, we are optimizing socialization and education activities to people living in the southern coastal area of Banten to be aware of potential tsunami disasters," said Head of BPBD Lebak Regency Febby Rizky Pratama quoted from ANTARA in Rangkasbitung, Lebak, Sunday, August 18. The people of Lebak Regency who live in the southern coastal area include Wanasalam, Malingping, Cihara, Panggarangan, Bayah, Cilograng and Cibeber are reminded to always be aware of potential tsunami disasters. The regional government has mapped 120 points on evacuation routes, including directions in the coastal coastal areas to save residents from tsunami threats. Evacuation route mapping, including the direction of the evacuation route, so that the community can save themselves when a disaster occurs. Rescue residents from the tsunami is approximately 10-20 minutes, so that the southern coastal communities directly dealing with the Indian Ocean can move quickly across the evacuation route and directions for safety.

Because, he said, the southern coast was included in a tsunami-prone area because there was a meeting of plates in the Indian Ocean, Australia-Benua Asia. "We appreciate the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) for organizing the Geophysical Lapang School so that coastal communities can save themselves in the event of a tsunami by running into the hills through evacuation routes and taking shelter in shelters and high buildings," he said. Head of the BMKG Tsunami Earthquake Information and Early Warning Team Wijayanto asked the public not to panic, but to be quite aware of the potential for earthquakes in the Megathrust zone, especially in the Sunda Strait and Mentawai-Siberut. "We ask people living in the southern region not to panic, but remain alert to potential tsunamis," he said.