The moment when the band was submerged
[Global Network Report Reporter Zuo Tian] Indonesia Disaster Resistance Agency said that on the evening of Saturday (22nd) local time, Indonesia Sumatra and Java Island were attacked by a tsunami, causing 168 deaths, 745 injuries and 30 missing. The number of casualties is expected to rise.
According to Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao, a video circulating online shows that when the tsunami occurred, Indonesian pop band Seventeen held a concert at a resort in the western end of Java Island. The band was performing vigorously, and the tsunami suddenly hit and the stage collapsed in an instant. The audience was still watching the band's performance last second, but the band was swept away by the tsunami the next second.
band lead singer Riefian Fajarsyah said on Instagram this morning that three band members were missing and the bassist and agent were unfortunately killed.
Xinhua News Agency reported that a tsunami occurred in the Sunda Strait in western Indonesia on the evening of the 22nd. No seismic activity was monitored in the local area when the tsunami occurred. It was initially suspected that the tsunami was caused by the Krakato volcano eruption, which caused the seabed rock formation landslide and the full moon triggered high tide.
Krakato volcano is located in the Sunda Strait between Java Island in Indonesia and Sumatra Island . It is an active volcano . Currently, this volcano is in an active period. It is recorded that in 1883, the volcano eruption of Krakatoum triggered a tsunami, which was said to have destroyed hundreds of villages and cities and killed more than 30,000 people.
Indonesia is located in the Pacific Rim seismic zone, with frequent earthquakes and tsunamis. At the end of September this year, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred in Gala County, Building 4, Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The earthquake and the tsunami caused more than 2,000 people were killed.
