Yogyakarta (ANTARA) - Head of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), Dwikorita Karnawati, has highlighted that the Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) in Kulon Progo district, Yogyakarta, is the first airport in ASEAN with earthquake- and tsunami-resistant construction."It is the only airport in ASEAN that has been prepared to resist a magnitude 8.5 earthquake and a tsunami of up to 10 meters in height," she informed after the opening of the ASEAN Disaster Emergency Response Simulation Exercise (ARDEX) in Yogyakarta on Tuesday. RDEX is being held in Bantul district, Yogyakarta, from August 14, 2023. s the building has been designed to be earthquake- and tsunami-resistant, it is hoped that people will not run to get out of the airport when a disaster occurs, Karnawati said. ccording to her, the second floor and the mezzanine floor of the YIA building have been designed as safe evacuation points when an earthquake and tsunami waves of up to 10 meters in height strike.
Source: Antara News Agency