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5.4-magnitude earthquake hits south buru district causing damage: Agency

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted South Buru District on Sunday (Jan. 17), causing casualties and damaging houses in ...

Mt Soputan in North Sulawesi erupts

Mount Soputan at the border of Minahasa Selatan and Minahasa Tenggara in North Sulawesi erupted at 20.53 local time on ...

Jember Airport reopens as volcanic ash clears

The management of Notohadinegoro Airport in Jember District, East Java Province, has reopened the airport on Friday ...

Whirlwind destroys dozens of houses in South Sulawesi

A whirlwind destroyed dozens of houses in the district of Pangkajene Islands or Pangkep, South Sulawesi, following ...

Indonesian Air Force`s Fighter Crashes in Yogyakarta

A T50 Golden Eagle fighter of the Indonesian Air Force crashed in a plantation area, killing its pilot and co-pilot, ...

41 million Indonesians live in 174 landslide-prone districts and cities

Around 41 million Indonesians live in 174 districts and cities which are prone to landslides, a spokesman of the ...

Mt Bromo`s eruption: E Java`s army personnel on standby

Army personnel stationed across the district and at city military posts in East Java Province have been put on standby ...

Tremor frequency at Mt Bromo still high: Agency

Tremor activity of Mount Bromo in East Java is still high but status still remained at Alert III, head of the ...

Disaster board completes contingency plan to anticipate Mt Bromo`s eruption

The Indonesia National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB) has completed a contingency plan to anticipate the possible ...

Floods inundate nine villages in West Aceh

Floods inundated at least nine villages in East Woyla Sub-district, West Aceh District, Aceh Province, on Friday as ...

Landslide hits Bengkulu leaving two dead, 15 missing

A landslide hit Bengkulu, killing two people, injuring one, and rendering 15 others missing on Thursday at 2 a.m. ...

Thousands of people evacuated after Halmahera earthquakes

The continuous earthquakes that rocked the West Halmahera district of the North Maluku Province from November 16 to 25 ...

Six die, three go missing in Bogor`s landslide

A landslide claimed six lives and three others went missing in the Neglasari hamlet of Cariu Sub-district, Bogor ...

Anti graft commission arrests district chief from Papua

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on the night of June 16 arrested Biak Numfor Districts chief with the ...

VP Boediono warns of larger risk of forest fires

Indonesian vice president Boediono has warned of a larger risk of forest fires in the country due to a possible ...