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Southwest Sumba jolted by magnitude-4.8 earthquake

An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted the Southwest Sumba Distreat in East Nusa Tenggara Province on ...

Quake hits district in East Nusa Tenggara

An earthquake, measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale, shook Timor Tengah Selatan district in the Indonesian eastern ...

28 hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

The Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected 28 hotspots, indicating forest and ...

Helicopter drops 40 tons of water to extinguish Riau fires

Riau Provinces forest and land fire task force has deployed an MI-8 helicopter to drop 40 tons of water to extinguish ...

87 houses damaged in Poso quake

The 6.6-magnitude earthquake which hit Poso district, Central Sulawesi province, on May 29 has lightly and seriously ...

4.4 magnitude earthquake jolts Alor, E. Nusa Tenggara

An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale jolted Alor District of East Nusa Tenggara Province Saturday at ...

Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced heavy rainy season

Indonesia was hit hard by the El Nino weather phenomenon last year and has been described by experts as one of the ...

Moderate quake jolts North Maluku

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku at 4.21 a.m. ...

Indonesia discusses efforts to prevent forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and officers discussed efforts to prevent forest fires in Indonesia in 2016, including ...

Another moderate-intensity quake jolts Kupang

An earthquake, measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale, has again jolted Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara ...

Moderate quake jolts Kupang

An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale jolted the East Nusa Tenggara provincial capital of Kupang at 12.35 ...

La Nina forecast to begin in September 2016

The natural phenomenon of La Nina, which usually triggers a heavy rainy season in Indonesia, is forecast to begin in ...

Magnitude-6.4 earthquake jolts Talaud Islands

An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale jotled Talaud Islands, North Sulawesi, on Monday at 11:38 p.m. ...

Agriculture ministry plans measures in anticipation of La Nina

Indonesias agriculture ministry is making preparations in anticipation of the natural phenomena La Nina, which usually ...

Magnitude-5.3 earthquake jolts Bengkulu

An earthquake measuring 5.32 on the Richter scale jolted Kaur District, Bengkulu Province, on Friday at 10:20 a.m. ...