List of disasters in Indonesia

Below is a list of disasters in Indonesia that have had widespread impact or attracted much attention. It is divided into natural disasters and artificial injuries including intentional actions, and it is further sorted by date.

Detailed information: Indonesia earthquake list, Indonesian volcano list, Indonesian natural disaster list

A large earthquake struck the Banda Sea on February 1, 1938, followed by a major tsunami, but no casualties were found. [2]

In 1997, a series of forest fires occurred, causing smog and global environmental damage in most parts of Asia. [3]

On 26th December 2004, the tsunami earthquake affected 14 countries, Indonesia was most affected. The tsunami got about 230,000 people dead. [Four]

The collective murder case of 1965 - June was dominated by the International Criminal Court as a massacre of Indonesia and British, American and Australian accomplices, killing at least 400,000 people and up to 3 million people. These killings are targeted at Communists. [9] [10]

On April 22, 1974, the Pan American Airlines Boeing 707 aircraft 812 crashed on the mountainside near Denpasar in Bali. Kill all 107 people on board. [11]

On March 31, 1981, authorities attacked Galuda Indonesia's 206 flights in Bangkok, Thailand and killed five Islamic terrorists who hijacked Indonesia domestic flights. [12]

In May 1998, ethnic riots occurred throughout the country, collective deaths and more than 150 rape cases occurred. [13]

On October 13, 2002, at least 182 people died in Bali's nightclub bombs, most of them were foreign tourists. [14]

On 30th December 2006, passenger transport company MV Senopati Nusantara was sunk into the Java Sea near Mandalika and hundreds of people were thought to have drowned. [16]

On January 1, 2007, it was estimated that the AirAsia Flight 574 of Boeing 737 crashed in the Makassar Strait on the coast of Sulawesi Island, 102 passengers disappeared and died. [17]

On March 7, 2007, Indonesian Airlines flight 200 of Boeing 737 overtaken by the runway of Adischip International Airport killed 21 people. [18]

In 2015, a series of forest fires caused a wide range of toxic fumes and was expressed as "crime against humanity" by the weather climate climate earth station. [20]

On April 1, 2018, the pipeline owned by state-owned enterprise Pertamina burst in Borneo Island Balikpapan Bay. After that the oil was ignited and several fishermen died. [21] [22]

Energy beverages and herbal beverages containing alcohol were found in Jakarta and West Java in April 2018 and were suspected of containing insect repellent. At least 82 people were killed and others were hospitalized. [twenty three]

Natural disasters in Indonesia are roughly divided into major disasters, middle disasters, and small disasters, but although damage is small, it is very common in Indonesia. These can be easily seen as macro, meso, micro events. The policy for dealing with natural disasters in Indonesia is still in the early stages of development and a strategy is needed to deal with these different kinds of disasters. In addition to the disasters listed in the table above, in Indonesia a moderate life loss (defined as 50-500 deaths in this case) or a large number of IDPs, even natural disasters even over several months there is. Examples of recent times are as follows.

This US natural disaster list is a list of famous natural disasters occurred in the United States from 1816 to 2017. In May 2018, a detailed overview of the US recurrent natural disasters since 1900 is mainly based on government data including NASA, the Federal Emergency Management Bureau, and the New York Times reporting data from other agencies It was. After strengthening and influencing several islands of the eastern Caribbean sea at record speed, Maria has devastated damage to the US islands due to strong winds and catastrophic flooding High-end categories 4 I attacked Puerto Rico as a hurricane. . Hurricanes also repelled the entire grid, causing a nearly perfect island blackout. The lack of assistance after the disaster continued for several months and caused a humanitarian crisis that became the most serious crisis in the United States since Hurricane Katrina who had a major influence on the population of Puerto Rico. Maria is the third most costly hurricane in history, second only to Katrina and Harvey.

There are three or more natural disasters, but these disasters are the most interesting to me. Many recent disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, Japan's tsunami, Indonesia typhoon, etc. have raised the world's awareness that these disasters have a real influence on people. It shows that these disasters can occur at any time and are devastating to people all over the world.