Most megathrust and tsunami earthquakes occur along Sumatra, some in Java, and quite a few in Eastern Indonesia ...

Some of the regions in Asia at high risk for these earthquakes include: The Indian Ocean is home to the Sunda megathrust, where the Indo-Australian Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate.

which are off the southern coasts of Sumatra and Java islands. A megathrust is the meeting zone between the earth's tectonic plates that has the potential to trigger strong earthquakes and tsunamis.

The Indian Ocean is home to the Sunda megathrust, where the Indo-Australian Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate. This subduction zone extends over 5,500 kilometers, from offshore ...

These “seismic gaps” indicate high-risk zones for future big earthquakes. A seismic gap, for example, exists between the megathrust zones off the western and eastern coasts of Java.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - News about the megathrust earthquake has been circulated due to the daunting warning that the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) released a few while back.

An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude hit Indonesia’s West Java province on Saturday, the country’s geophysics agency BMKG said. According to the BMKG, the epicenter of the earthquake was on land and ...

More information: Benjamin A. Brooks et al, Rapid shallow megathrust afterslip from the 2021 M8.2 Chignik, Alaska earthquake revealed by seafloor geodesy, Science Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1126 ...