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Indonesia Drops Tsunami Warning After 7.8-Magnitude Philippines Quake
(MENAFN) Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stood down its tsunami warning Monday, hours after ordering mass evacuations along northern coastal zones threatened by destructive waves in the wake of a powerful earthquake that struck the Philippines.
In an official statement, BMKG confirmed the alert was lifted following observations confirming that sea levels had returned to normal conditions along monitored coastlines.
The agency noted that minor tsunami waves had been detected earlier Monday morning at several coastal monitoring stations across northern Indonesia before conditions stabilized.
The alarm was triggered by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the southern Philippines, sending shockwaves of panic through communities in northeastern Indonesia's coastal communities, local media reported Monday.
The seismic event is the latest reminder of the chronic geological vulnerability shared by both nations. Indonesia and the Philippines sit squarely within the Pacific "Ring of Fire" — one of the world's most seismically active corridors — leaving both countries perpetually exposed to powerful earthquakes and the tsunamis they can unleash.
In an official statement, BMKG confirmed the alert was lifted following observations confirming that sea levels had returned to normal conditions along monitored coastlines.
The agency noted that minor tsunami waves had been detected earlier Monday morning at several coastal monitoring stations across northern Indonesia before conditions stabilized.
The alarm was triggered by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the southern Philippines, sending shockwaves of panic through communities in northeastern Indonesia's coastal communities, local media reported Monday.
The seismic event is the latest reminder of the chronic geological vulnerability shared by both nations. Indonesia and the Philippines sit squarely within the Pacific "Ring of Fire" — one of the world's most seismically active corridors — leaving both countries perpetually exposed to powerful earthquakes and the tsunamis they can unleash.
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