Factbox: Indonesia regularly hit by quakes and tsunamis


Agus Fardhan carries a portrait of his parents after he found it at their destroyed home in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A tsunami killed at least 222 people and injured hundreds on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra following an underwater landslide believed to have been caused by the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano, officials said.

Indonesia sits on the geologically active Pacific Ring of Fire and is regularly hit by earthquakes. Here are some of the major quakes and tsunamis in recent years:

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