Following a breakdown in 2007 linked to equipment failure, The
Agency For The Assessment And Application Of Technology (BPPT)
in cooperation with the government of Australia, has re-launched
a tsunami detector in the seas south of Bali. In a ceremony held
on board the MV Baruna Jaya IV at Bali’s port of Benoa on
Wednesday, November 23, 2011, the tsunami detector was
rechristened before its eventual installation in the ocean some
350 kilometers south of the island. Quoted in NusaBali, Wayan
Wira Yogantara of the Indonesia Tsunami Buoy Team, said: Because
the tsunami detector installed in 2007 experienced a
malfunction, BPPT in cooperation with Australia is now
installing a detector south of Bali.” Ridwan Djamaludin, the
Deputy Chief of BPPT, said the installation of the buoy was
essential as part of an early warning system against any tsunami
threat that might come from the south. The warnings issued by
the equipment have the potential of saving lives of coastal
people living in Indonesia and Australia. The de