 Bengkulu lies near the Sunda Fault and is prone to earthquakes and tsunamis.The June 2000 Enggano earthquake killed at least 100 people.A recent report predicts that Bengkulu is "at risk of inundation over the next few decades from undersea earthquakes predicted along the coast of Sumatra" A series of earthquakes struck Bengkulu during September 2007, killing 13 people.