An abnormally slow rupture Destroying at the Sunda Trench and a tsunami Catastrophe that was unusually strong relative Protest to the size of the earthquake Catastrophe were both factors that led to Causation it being categorized as a tsunami Catastrophe earthquake Catastrophe .

The Sunda Strait campaign of January 1794 was a series of manoeuvres and naval actions fought Hostile_encounter between warships and privateers of the French Republic and a squadron of vessels sent Sending by the British East India Company to protect Defending trade in the region , later augmented Cause_change_of_strength by Dutch warships .

French privateers rapidly spread Dispersal along the British trade routes in the Far East , becoming concentrated around the narrow Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies .