Jakarta, Aug. 6 -- The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) estimates that a major tsunami could strike the southern region of Java within the next 200 years, based on the disaster recurrence pattern recorded in geological studies.

Research expert at BRIN's Geological Disaster Research Center, Purna Sulastya Putra, stated on Wednesday that based on field findings and scientific calculations, tsunamis measuring magnitude 9 or higher have historically recurred in the region every 600 to 800 years.

"The last major tsunami in southern Java occurred around the 1500s. With an estimated 600-year cycle, the next one could occur in about 200 years," Putra remarked.

Although the exact timing cannot be predicted, he stated that the recu...