The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) continues to strengthen the national disaster warning infrastructure. A new building for the Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System—InaTEWS Bali—has opened at the BMKG office in Denpasar.
The Bali complex serves as a backup command center, mirroring the main headquarters in Jakarta and ensuring seamless monitoring of earthquakes, tsunamis, and hydrometeorological threats. The building is designed in the shape of a traditional local headdress, an udeng, as a tribute to the island's culture and is equipped with the latest data processing systems.
The Head of the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB), Lieutenant General Suharyanto, emphasized that these new facilities are crucial for minimizing the impacts of catastrophes. Similar centers are planned to be opened in all Indonesian provinces in the future.
The experience of the devastating tsunami in Palu and Krakatau in 2018 showed that early warning cannot rely on just one type of trigger: large waves are caused not only by tectonic earthquakes but also by underwater landslides or volcanic activity.
InaTEWS integrates a network of seismic stations, buoys, coastal radars, and satellites, with data collected by BMKG sent directly to BNPB, regional emergency response centers, and ASEAN countries. The system supports emergency push notifications to the smartphones of residents in coastal areas (via the Info BMKG app), enabling swift coordination of evacuation and rescue operations.
The initiative is intended to act proactively rather than reactively, protecting the population from tsunamis before the wave reaches the shoreline.
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