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Liputan6.com, Jakarta - The Sunda Strait tsunami is estimated to have killed more than 430 people and injured 1,000 more. The disaster also damaged many homes in Pandeglang and Serang, Banten Province, and South Lampung, Lampung Province.
The brunt of the Sunda Strait tsunami on Saturday night, December 22, 2018, surprised residents. There is no warning shortly after a potential tsunami tectonic earthquake.  

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) later confirmed that the tsunami that hit Banten and Lampung was triggered by the volcanic eruption of Anak Krakatau, a mountain formed after the great eruption of Krakatau in 1883 ago.

This is a breakdown of the alleged triggers for the Sunda Strait tsunami, their impact and infographics:Description of the image :

Suspected trigger :

• The mountain eruption of krakatau children
• tremor magnitudo 3,4
• There is a landslide slope of the krakatau mountain or as much as 64 ha
• Landslides under the sea

Causes of tsunami signs were not detected :

• The sensor is only recorded as a tectonic earthquake
• Tsunami detector has been lost since 2007

December 22, 2018 at 09:27 PM Indonesia time, the tsunami hit:

• Padeglang dan Serang (Banten)
• South Lampung (Lampung)

The death toll was 430 people

The injured were 1.495 people

Missing as many as 159 people

Displaced as many as 21,991 people

924 damaged houses

73 inns damaged

source: https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/3857269/tsunami-senyap-di-selat-sunda