Tsunami hits Indonesia

Mentawai Islands - A tsunami was created by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that was 13miles beneath the ocean floor. A 10 foot wave crashed a remote island and swept away homes killing at least 113 people.  Rescuers battle the seas for 12 hours to reach the some islands and some are still not reachable due to the dangerous sea. Many people are without shelters because supplies and tents have not arrived.

Hundreds of wooden and bamboo homes were washed away on the island of Pagai, with water flooding crops and roads up to 600 yards inland. In Muntei Baru, a village on Silabu island, 80 percent of the houses were badly damaged.

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity due to its location on a series of fault lines. These islands, that were hit by the tsunami, surrounds Indonesia in the Indian ocean. The Indian ocean does not have a sensor systems which helps detect when an earthquake happens or when a tsunami is about to happen.  If they had some kind of a system it could help reduce the number of deaths and the damage by warning the people when a tsunami is about to hit.

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