#earthquakes

Collection of earthquakes news, found 145 news.

RI important to disaster management efforts in region

Indonesia plays an important role in disaster management affairs in Southeast Asia, visiting UN ...

Shallow volcanic quakes dominate mt lokon`s activity

During the past few days, North Sulawesi`s Mt Lokon`s activity was dominated by shallow volcanic quakes, an officer at ...

West Sumatra needs 600 tsunami early warning sirens

West Sumatra`s Disaster Operations Control Center (Pusdalops-PB) is in need of around 600 tsunami early warning ...

Govt prepares programs to improve fishermen`s welfare

Indonesia has the world`s second longest coastlines after Canada, and therefore it is not surprising if around 60 ...

Tectonic earthquake jolts Tual

A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Southeast Maluku district`s capital of Tual at 11.40 ...

Students race against each other to map safer Indonesia

Students from five of Indonesia`s biggest universities have taken part in an innovative competition to map their ...

Mt Lokon has small eruptions

Mount Lokon in N Sulawesi had five small eruptions producing volcanic ashes from its Tompaluan crater on Wednesday. ...

Magnitude-5.1 earthquake jolts Saumlaki

A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted West Southeast Maluku District (MTB) town of Saumlaki ...

Minor earthquake jolts Bengkulu

An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted Bengkulu, Sumatra, on Wednesday at around 1.13 pm Western ...

Three quakes hit Indonesia on Sunday

Three earthquakes of different magnitudes hit several areas in Indonesia on Sunday morning, the National Disaster ...

Rp 39.38 bln to rebuild quake-hit W Sumatra schools

The government has allocated Rp39.38 billion in funds to reconstruct 179 school buildings in West Sumatra destroyed ...

RI capable of building nuclear power plant

Indonesia has the capability of building a nuclear power plant itself, an official of the Indonesian Atomic Energy ...

Quake hits Southern West Java

An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale rocked the southern part of West Java province on Sunday morning but ...

RI sends biggest delegation to ARF Direx

Indonesia sent the biggest delegation to the ASEAN Regional Forum - Disaster Relief Exercise (ARF-Direx) being held ...

RI sits on Pacific "ring of fire" : official

Indonesia sits on the so-called Pacific "ring of fire", a volcanologically active terrestrial chain where earthquakes ...