7 biggest natural disaster in Indonesia

the geographical location of Indonesia positioned at a meeting four tectonic plates, make this country included in disaster-prone areas. It is true, in the history of Indonesia, there are several major natural disasters whose effects to the whole country in the world. Below is the seventh major natural disasters that have occurred in Indonesia are causing damage or casualties big enough. 1Tsunami Ende, Flores, NTT

An earthquake measuring 7.8 magnitude struck off the coast of this north eastern part of the island of Flores, Indonesia, at 05:29 GMT (13:29 local time) on 12 December 1992. This vibration is felt on the island of Bali. This earthquake also triggered a series of tsunami, which reached the coast of Flores just two minutes after the first quake, and reach any part of the northern coast within five minutes. A total of 2,000 people died and 18,000 houses damaged. The interesting thing about this incident is dead female sex is almost double that of the victim male sex 2Gunung Kelud, Kediri, Jawa Timur

The eruption that occurred in 1919 is the biggest disaster produced by the activity Kelud in the 20th century Around 5160 people died. The eruption occurred at midnight between January 19 and May 20, 1919 which is characterized by very loud thump can be heard up in Borneo. Then the ash is spread by winds to the east. 3Gempa Bumi Sumatera Barat

This earthquake occurred with the strength of 7.6 magnitude off the coast of West Sumatra, at 17:16:10 GMT on 30 September 2009. A total of 6,234 people were killed as a result of this earthquake, spread across three cities and four districts in West Sumatra. Seriously injured casualties reached 1,214 people, 1,688 minor injuries, the victim was missing one person. While the 135 448 houses damaged, 65 380 homes were damaged, and 78 604 homes with minor damage. 4Gempa Tektonik, Yogyakarta

The earthquake shook Yogyakarta on May 27, 2006, at 5:55 pm for 57 seconds, measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale. The position of the quake was about 25 km south-southwest of Yogyakarta. This earthquake occurred in the morning and killed more than 5,700 people, injured tens of thousands of people and destroying hundreds of thousands of homes. Because it is still relatively early days, this earthquake made many people trapped in the house, especially children and the elderly. No wonder the majority of the victims were the elderly and children who may not have time to save themselves when the earthquake lasts. 5Tsunami Gunung Krakatau

Imagine, what happened 129 years ago, when Krakatoa erupted? Precisely on August 26, 1883. Yield is only an estimated 30,000 times the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan. Letusannya voice sounded throughout Australia and even Africa, as far as 4,653 km. The death toll reached more than 36,000 people. This explosion waves as high as 40 meters, earthquakes, and tsunamis to reach Hawaii. The impact of the eruption of Krakatoa is the destruction of 195 villages along the Merak until Karawang, Ujung Kulon to the southern part of Sumatra. The Earth's atmosphere is filled with volcanic ash. The world was in darkness for two days. The sun faded over the years and global climate change ensued. 6Gunung Tambora, Kabupaten Dompu, NTB

In 1812, Mount Tambora became more active, with a peak of eruption took place in April 1815. Large eruption coming into seven VEI scale (Index Eruption International), with the number of bursts of tephra of 1.6 × 1011 cubic meters. The third eruption affect global climate in a long time. Activities Tambora after the eruption of a new stop on 15 July 1815. As a result of the eruption of Tambora is the emergence of a large tsunami that attacked the coast several islands in Indonesia on 10 April 1815 with a height of over 4 m. High smoke eruption reached a height of more than 43 km. Because of the attractiveness of gravity light in the sky, ash and dust Tambora drift and spread around the world. The eruption of Mount Tambora incredible result. Crop failure in China, Europe, and Ireland. It rained nonstop for eight weeks trigger an epidemic of typhus that killed 65,000 people in the UK and Europe. 7Tsunami Aceh

The tsunami height reached 35 meters due to tectonic earthquake measuring 8.5 magnitude centered in the Indian Ocean. The earthquake accompanied by tidal waves (tsunami) that swept some areas offshore Indonesia (Aceh and North Sumatra), Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, the Maldives and Thailand. According to the Emergency Assistance of the United Nations (UN) death toll from the tsunami in 13 countries reached 127 672 people. However, the number of dead in Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Africa are in fact can never be known, estimated at least 150,000 people.