United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
In Indonesia, most at-risk communities are 200-250km from the Java Trench where tsunamis can arrive in less than 30 minutes after a major earthquake. In many coastal areas on the south of West Java, such as Pangandaran, people live along narrow coastal plains underneath high cliffs. Since 2018 the West Java Province has been developing evacuation routes and supporting community efforts become Tsunami Ready