Submarine cable incident record
Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia cable incident — Confirmed — 2022-03-27
A cut on the SMPCS cable near Merauke, Papua, Indonesia caused internet outages since March 27, 2022.
Confirmed
- Public classification
- Confirmed
- Affected cable or system
- Confirmed regional incident; no cable was deterministically attributed
- Affected countries
- Indonesia
- Region
- Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia
- Network state
- Network signal stale
- Physical state
- Physical fault confirmed by report
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Network record became stale: — physical state unchanged.
Original supporting evidence
Public-network measurements can support a Suspected record but cannot prove a physical cable fault or repair. Network recovery can result from rerouting and does not establish physical repair. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.