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Twenty years after Pangandaran Tsunami and the need for local preparedness

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Twenty years after the 2006 Pangandaran tsunami, experts are emphasizing the critical need for improved local preparedness and effective warning systems. The disaster highlighted the dangers of 'tsunami earthquakes' and the difficulty of ensuring that warnings reach vulnerable coastal populations.
On 17 July 2006, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake on the Sunda Megathrust triggered a devastating tsunami in Pangandaran and neighbouring coastal communities along the southern coast of Java, Indonesia, claiming 668 lives and leaving 65 people missing.
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