What the records say
- When
- 22 Dec 2018
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 6.10° S, 105.42° E
- Deaths
- 437
- Injuries
- 31943
- Missing
- 10
- Damage musd
- 250
- Max water height m
- 85
- Runups
- 410
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
Tsunami in coastal regions of Banten and Lampung, Indonesia
The 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami occurred on 22 December 2018 at around 21:38 local time after large parts of the southwestern side of Anak Krakatoa collapsed onto its caldera. The landslide spawned a tsunami wave that struck multiple coastal regions in Banten and Lampung, including the tourist destination of Anyer.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An eruption from Krakatoa causes a tsunami that hits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei einem durch einen Ausbruch des Anak Krakatau ausgelösten Tsunami kommen in Indonesien mehr als 420 Menschen ums Leben”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un tsunami dans le détroit de la Sonde fait au moins 429 morts, et 154 disparus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “цунами в Зондском проливе, вызванное извержением вулкана Анак-Кракатау; 437 человек погибли”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Indonesia, el Anak Krakatau entra en erupción, provocando un tsunami que dejó 492 fallecidos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “印尼巽他海峡发生海啸。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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