Quake hits Indonesia again, but this time residents are better prepared

The 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of western Indonesia early Wednesday morning revealed that the people are more prepared than they were when the Dec. 26, 2004 monster wave killed roughly 170,000 people in Aceh alone. In her article for the Chistian Science Monitor, Sara Schonhardt explains that much of resident's better understanding of earthquake and tsunamis come from efforts by the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPD), the United Nations Development Program and international aid agencies to distribute information to residents about how to respond to natural disasters.