Involve 1,000 People, IOWave 2023 Exercise Uses Megatrusht M 9.0 Earthquake Scenario Ended In Tsunami

Indian Ocean Wave (IOWave) training in 2023. (ANTARA/HO-BMKG)

JAKARTA - Head of the BMKG Earthquake and Tsunami Center, Daryono, said that the 2023 Indian Ocean Wave Exercise (IOWave) seismic exercise used a tsunami scenario from an earthquake measuring magnitude (M) 9.0 megatrusht Selatan Java at a depth of 10 km. "Starting simultaneously in West Sumatra, Bengkulu, Lampung, Banten, West Java, Central Java, DI Yogyakarta, East Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and East Nusa Tenggara. More than 1,000 people will participate in this training activity," said Daryono in Jakarta, Wednesday, October 25, confiscated by Antara. The IOWave 2023 exercise, he said, is to test and evaluate tsunami early warning chains and the continuity of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) between parties. This activity is also to fill in the understanding of information equipment, he continued, so that through the test, he hopes to find out earlier if there are problems in the system. "In addition, the tsunami warning system cannot work well if it only depends on monitoring capabilities, because it is also important to increase preparedness between institutions and the public," said Daryono.

Meanwhile, Director of Early Warning of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Afrial Rosya said the implementation of this biennial international agenda was a form of embodiment in dealing with disaster management in Indonesia. This implementation, he said, was an effort to increase preparedness and preparation, both the community and the government, in anticipation of a tsunami disaster through strengthening the community-based tsunami early warning system. "This “ Implementation is very important for Indonesia in testing how the tsunami early warning can run well," said Afrial Rosya.