#catastrophe

Collection of catastrophe news, found 47 news.

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Flores waters in Indonesia

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit the waters of Flores in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara on Wednesday at ...

No casualties, damage reported after earthquake hits Yogyakarta

An earthquake registering 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked Yogyakarta on early Monday at 2:50 a.m. local time, with no ...

Series of quakes of over 5.0-magnitude hit Indonesia on Monday

Multiple earthquakes measuring over 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted several areas in Indonesia on early Monday morning, ...

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolts East Java's Blitar

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake had struck Blitar District in East Java Province on Sunday at around 02.09 a.m. local time ...

BMKG installs three early warning receiver systems in Alor

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) installed three earthquake and tsunami early warning ...

Magnitude-5.1 earthquake rattles Boven Digoel in Papua

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit areas of Bovel Digoel District, Papua, Indonesia, on Wednesday, at around 8:06 a.m. ...

East Java's Pacitan District rattled by 5.0-magnitude quake

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Pacitan District in East Java Province on early Monday, but the tremors were felt by not ...

64 survive Sukabumi`s deadly landslide: BNPB

Sixty four people survived a deadly landslide that hit Cimapag area in Sirnaresmi village, Cisolok Subdistrict, ...

Central Java urged to conduct disaster mitigation

The Central Java government has been urged to conduct disaster mitigation in a comprehensive manner to reduce the ...

86 quake-affected children in C Sulawesi reunited with families: NGO

"Save the Children Indonesia" has held reunions for 86 children, who separated from their parents and family ...

Russian military to develop anti-meteorite defences

The Russian Aerospace Defense Forces will develop a series of measures aimed at protecting the Russian soil from ...

Impacts of Cyclone Narelle, Typhoon Bopha make Indonesia very windy

Indonesia has been very windy over the past two weeks as the impacts of Cyclone Narelle that has been developing in ...

Iraq Kurd leader accuses PM Maliki of `dictatorship`

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is monopolising power and preparing the ground for a return to dictatorship, ...

No Overall Change to Insurance Rates in Q3: Marsh

-    Market fundamentals remain strong;     Catastrophe-exposed risks faced tougher ...

Environmentalists blast Taiwan president`s nuclear policy

Local environmentalists on Thursday attacked President Ma Ying-jeou on his nuclear policy, urging the government to ...