A team of scientists led by Heriot-Watt University has identified a potential new tsunami risk in Indonesia by mapping below the seabed of the Makassar Strait.
Dr Uisdean Nicholson, who is Assistant Professor in the School of Energy Geoscience Infrastructure and Society and who led the research, says their findings mean that coastal communities currently without tsunami warning systems or mitigation systems could be at risk.
This includes the proposed site of the new Indonesian capital on the island of Borneo.
The researchers used seismic data to map underneath the seafloor of the Makassar Strait, a narrow seaway between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi.
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