Transcript for Deadly tsunami struck Indonesia without warning

ABC senior meteorologist rob Marciano joins us warned. How this happens rot your right Amy 2004 in the won just three months ago call caused by an earthquake this was caused by this evening violently erupting. Volcano crack at so it's been erupting on and off for about a hundred years of course be a while that lava and ash into the atmosphere and building its own I homeland. Underneath that these pictures just taken. I yesterday but as a build its own violence often it can slop off some of that land and displace that water it's all along this ring of fire the little red dots are some of the earthquakes that have occurred. In the last ten days. No earthquake around here so for that reason we're suspecting this is an underwater landslide caused by this folk you know. Some Matra. Job of these two islands the shorelines less than a hundred miles from this volcano and when these earthquake when these two nominees occurred they can travel in excess of 4500 miles an hour so even if that warning system was activated. It would even lead time of less than ten minutes horrible situation losing guys are rob thank you.

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