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4.9-magnitude quake hits Bone Bolango

An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 struck Bone Bolango district, Gorontalo province, on Saturday night, the Meteorology, ...

Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hits Wamena

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Wamena City in the easternmost Indonesian province of Papua on Friday at 8:16 ...

Flood, whirlwind hit Pamekasan, Madura

A flood accompanied by a whirlwind inundated residential areas and roads in Gladak Anyar village, Pamekasan district, ...

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Stringent law enforcement crucial to keep forest fire cases down

Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest tropical rainforests, has been successful in significantly reducing ...

Conserve mangroves in tsunami-prone villages, minister

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, has urged regional governments to ...

BMKG forecasts hail, extreme weather in Java

The Meteorology,  Climatology  and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has asked the public in Java, particularly ...

BNPB reports 657 natural disasters hit Indonesia since early 2021

Indonesia bore witness to 657 natural disasters in the year ending March 1, 2012, that claimed 271 lives, rendered 11 ...

BMKG identifies 325 hotspots in West Kalimantan

A total of 325 hotspots indicating land and forest fires were found in West Kalimantan Province as of Friday, according ...

Fires scorch 248 ha of land, forests in Riau

Fires have laid to waste 248.95 hectares of land and forests in Riau province since early this year, chief of the Riau ...

Magnitude 5.3 quake rattles North Sulawesi's Melonguane on Wednesday

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit Melonguane in Talaud Islands, North Sulawesi Province, on Wednesday morning, according ...

BMKG detects 38 hotspots in North Sumatra

Thirty-eight hotspots of forest and land fires have been detected in several parts of North Sumatra Province by Sensor ...

BMKG reports 18 hotspots in Bengkalis District

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded the presence of 18 hotspots indicating forest and ...

Magnitude-5.8 quake rattles Buol in Central Sulawesi on early Tuesday

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Buol in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi on early Tuesday, according to the ...

17 districts, cities in South Sulawesi brace for floods

A flood alert has been sounded in 17 out of 24 districts and cities in South Sulawesi province amid forecasts of heavy ...

26 hotspots detected in North Sumatra: BMKG

Twenty-six hotspots have been detected in several parts of North Sumatra province by Sensor Modis NOAA20, the ...