#earthquakes

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Poor building designs reflect lack of disaster preparedness: BMKG

The poor concept of buildings and spatial planning for residential areas indicate that the public is ill-prepared to ...

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Indonesia braces for hydro-meteorological disasters

With about 17 thousand islands scattered across the Indian-Pacific Ocean, the world’s largest archipelagic ...

Knowledge management needed to build disaster resilience: BNPB

Knowledge management is required to build resilience to disasters, deputy for systems and strategy at the National ...

Social Affairs Ministry provides tents for Banten quake victims

The Social Affairs Ministry had readied tents near houses that incurred major damages due to the earthquake in ...

5.7-magnitude quake rattles Maluku

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck Maluku province on Wednesday night, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical ...

Government should give rewards to disaster volunteers: DPD speaker

Regional Representatives Council (DPD) speaker A. A. LaNyalla Mahmud Mattalitti appealed to the Indonesian government ...

Researcher cautions of lingering aftershocks until condition balanced

Aftershocks will continue to occur until condition is completely balanced, according to researcher at the Geotechnology ...

Identify safe space in house for shelter during quake: BRIN

Citizens must identify safe spaces inside their homes where they can take shelter in the eventuality of a quake, a ...

Sunda Strait megathrust segment may trigger 8.7-M quake: BRIN

The recent Banten earthquake has signaled the potential of a Sunda Strait megathrust earthquake that could reach 8.7 in ...

Numerous aftershocks do not indicate probability of major quake: BMKG

The occurrence of a number of aftershocks does not indicate the probability of a major earthquake, coordinator for ...

Watch out for Sunda Strait's megathrust segment: BMKG

Sunda Strait's megathrust segment is one of Indonesia's seismic gap zones, with no earthquakes for centuries, ...

BMKG records 33 aftershocks following 6.6-magnitude Banten quake

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded that as of Saturday at 12 p.m. Western Indonesian ...

6.6 magnitude earthquake jolts Banten's Sumur Sub-district

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck the area of Sumur Sub-district in Banten Province on Friday at around 04.05 ...

BMKG cautions of extreme weather at peak of rainy season

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) in Juanda, Sidoarjo, East Java, called on the public to be ...

BMKG Palu surveys dangers of large-scale development in mining areas

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Geophysics Station in Palu, Central Sulawesi, conducted a ...