Quake. Usually tsunamis are caused by earthquakes hundreds of miles from shore, and the shaking is rarely felt on land. As Cummins noted: "It is unusual to see a double disaster like this." It
There's a tsunami! Run!" All but a few ignored his pleas, as three enormous waves—the tallest of which would later be estimated at twenty feet—thundered across the nearby bay. The first wave
A massive undersea earthquake off the western coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, unleashed a series of colossal tsunamis that inundated coastal areas, catching communities off-guard and causing widespread destruction.
Making Waves. The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) initially issued a tsunami warning but soon retracted it based on analyses at the time. However, monstrous waves soon crashed on shore, captured in videos that quickly began circulating on social media.
st8pR.