Research indicates giant tsunami hit southern Java and Bali 400 years ago

Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency BRIN announced on Tuesday that studies along the southern coasts of Java and Bali show strong evidence of a massive tsunami approximately 400 years ago. BRIN researcher Eko Yulianto stated at a Monday workshop that remnants of this event are detectable through tsunami sand layers, marine microfossils, archaeological structures, and ancient environmental data. Yulianto noted the absence of historical documents detailing when the last major rupture occurred, suggesting that if a megathrust earthquake happened before written history, its memory might have been lost from records. The research team has conducted paleotsunami investigations at 12 significant sites from West Java to Bali.