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TAWAU : Dr. Felix Tongkul, geologist from Universiti Malaysia Sabah, suggested that more tsunami sirens be installed along the coast at Tawau because of the risk of being threatened by the seismic sea because of its location near the tsunami, namely Indonesia and the Philippines.
He said that he would take the case to the Malaysian Meteorological Department.
"The tsunami can reach Tawau in half an hour and the only preparation we have is the siren, where there is only one.
" It is better to have the siren to all places because where there is a tsunami, everyone hears the warning siren, "he told reporters after presenting a paper on" Tsunami Disaster in Tawau "with a program. public education about the Tawau earthquake and the tsunami disaster here today.
Earlier, introducing the paper, Tongkul said that the tsunami, just like earthquake, does not could not be expected when it would strike
The Manila trench, Cotabato pit in the Philippines and the Sulawesi pit in northern Indonesia produce underwater ravines on the slopes of the seabed of Sabah at sea South China, "he added.
He said that a tsunami simulation showed that tsunami waves reached Sabah between 30 and 120 minutes with waves between 1 and 5m high.
On the tsunami threat in Tawau, he said it depended on the width of the Tawau seafloor. Tawau has a narrow seabed (10 to 20 km wide) and Tawau is located about 300 km from the nearest tsunami source, Tongkul also expressed the need for detailed mapping of high-risk areas for identify evacuation areas and roads.
He said a computer simulation to predict the arrival of a tsunami and height of its waves, as well as the distance to enter the earth, should be made as accurately as possible. – Bernama
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