Earthquake in Indonesia

We would have often heard about _Indonesia_ and the _devastating earthquakes_ that shattered lives and hopes in Indonesia. The history of earthquakes in Indonesia and its nearby islands could be dated to the very earlier days, i.e. it started more than _450, 000 years_ ago and took a clear shape from the year 1770 onwards. Of course, there is no way to leave the year 2004, because that was the year, the earthquake created _huge and monstrous seismic waves_ in the Indian Ocean, thereby resulting in tsunami, which had in turn worsened the situation. It happened at a _magnitude of 9.3_ in the Richter scale, which was huge and it did affect the regions of north Sumatra, which didn’t stop within this boundary and got spread in a devastating way to countries like Thailand, Hong Kong, India, etc… More than _131, 000 people_ were _killed_ and around _37, 000 people_ were found missing.

In the year 2005, the _Sumatra earthquake_ occurred at a magnitude of _8.3_ in the Richter scale, which also ended up in vibrations in the regions of Bangkok, Thailand, and the effect was also felt, some _1,000 km_ away. In the year 2006, the _Yogyakarta earthquake_ did shook the regions of Yogyakarta and central Java, measuring to _around 6.2_ on the Richter scale, which ended up taking some _6000 lives_ away. The same story is getting pursued in Indonesia, year after year. As such, Indonesia is a beautiful place, which without _the records of natural disasters_ could attract huge number of tourists, especially known for the ‘ Bali Islands’, which could be rightly called as the ‘ Heaven on Earth!’.