"In the Sunda Strait 40 people have died, 584 people were injured and two people are missing," national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a statement. Nugroho earlier said in his statement that 20 people died, 165 people were injured and two people were missing in three regions. Anak Krakatoa is a small volcanic island that emerged from the ocean half a century after Krakatoa's deadly 1883 eruption. The country regularly experiences deadly earthquakes, including most recently in the city of Palu on Sulawesi island where a quake and tsunami killed thousands of people. Anak Krakatoa is one of 127 active volcanoes which run the length of the archipelago.

Source: The Nation Bangkok December 23, 2018 00:11 UTC