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Earthquakes are natural disasters that occur due to a shift plate.Point is called the epicenter of the earthquake center.

If theepicenter was near the sea then the bias caused by the tsunami.Earthquakes can also cause landslides. The quake had magnitude. Ricther scale is the size of the earthquake. earthquake measuring instruments calledseismometers. Indonesia, including areas prone to natural disasters, like earthquakes. Indonesia in the past because a lot of plates. One of the earthquakes that have occurred in Indonesia is an earthquake in Banda Aceh, in 2004. This earthquake measuring 9.3on the Richter scale was a great earthquake. It also led to a tsunami earthquake. The earthquake also resulted inthe surrounding areas have an impact as well. such as the state of North Sumatra, West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, East Coast of India, Sri Lanka, even to the East Coast of Africa. The earthquake caused a tsunami killed approximately 230,000 people in 8 countries. Tsunami waves as high as 9 meters. Thisdisaster is the biggest killers in history. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India,and Thailand is a country with the largest number of deaths.

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