This is why Indonesia has so many earthquakes and tsunamis

2018 is a disastrous year for people in Indonesia. Volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis - natural disasters have been occurring continuously since the beginning of the year, causing a lot of damage both human and material.

And recently on December 22, which is specifically on the Sudan Strait, at least 222 people were killed and 843 injured.

The whole world is now heading to Indonesia, about the victims suffering from catastrophic disasters. But at the same time, too many catastrophic events also caused many people to ask the question: why Indonesia?

In the morning of December 23, the tsunami once again hit "Land of ten thousand islands".

The country will definitely have earthquakes, the problem is when

That's exactly what is happening in Indonesia. For this country, earthquakes are definitely going to come, and the reason lies in its geographical location .

Indonesia is located right on the Ring of Fire - a belt of active volcanoes and cracks of three geological tectonic plates of the Pacific Ocean. This belt is shaped like a horseshoe, stretching to 40,000km, and is the place that causes many of the world's most earthquake.

Tectonic plates collide, friction and force will create accumulated energy. When that energy is big enough, earthquakes will happen.

"Energy can be accumulated for tens of thousands of years, but liberation takes only a few seconds" - quoted Hongfeng Yang, geological expert at Hong Kong University, China.

In fact, every year, geological activities cause millions of vibrations, but only about 100,000 are considered earthquakes because they can be felt, and only about 1000 games actually cause danger. However, the Ring of Fire is the place that causes most of the dangerous vibrations, the strongest of which is the area extending from Japan to Indonesia.

This is also the reason why, along with Indonesia, Japan is also the country that often suffers from earthquakes and tsunamis, with the world's leading frequency.

Indonesia is located right on the Ring of Fire.

Is it possible to predict earthquakes on the Ring of Fire?

Currently, unfortunately, there are still no methods that can guarantee accurate predictions of earthquakes in this area. It is difficult to know where the earthquake will occur, at what time and how big it is.

In fact, science can monitor seismic vibrations in the ground. But as stated, the energy that causes earthquakes can be released in just a few seconds, so it is impossible to report.

To predict earthquakes, science needs to find seismic signals clearly enough and have a long enough delay to warn. However, despite many efforts, no signal is really reliable. So far, science is still suspicious of the existence of this signal.