#eruptions

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Mt Sinabung erupts twice, hot clouds spread over 3,000 m

Mount Sinabung in Karo district, North Sumatra province erupted twice on Thursday, ejecting hot clouds as far as three ...

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Daily disasters bring mitigation, prevention to fore

The Indonesian people need to find a way to live with natural disasters considering the nation’s geographic ...

Indonesia eyes narrowing down disaster-triggered GDP contraction

Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan highlighted the government's target to ...

Nine disasters reported per day in past year: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has recorded a total of 3,253 natural disasters in the one year since ...

Pandemic an opportunity to strengthen disaster resilience: Widodo

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has offered an opportunity to ...

Mt Sinabung erupts again, hot clouds spread over 2 km

Mount Sinabung in Karo district, North Sumatra province, erupted again on Tuesday, with hot clouds and lava spreading ...

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Five volcanoes erupting sporadically in Indonesia since Jan 2021

Indonesia has the largest number and highest density of active volcanoes worldwide, as the country lies in the Pacific ...

Ash rain blankets Banyuwangi after Mt Raung erupts

Mount Raung located on the borders of Banyuwangi, Jember and Bondowoso Districts, East Java Province, erupted and ...

Mount Merapi spews hot clouds rising two kilometers above crater

The 2,968-meter (9,737-foot) Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, belched hot ash clouds sliding up to ...

Mt Merapi shoots up to 3,000 meters high ash clouds

Mount Merapi, located between Yogyakarta and Central Java provinces, spouted clouds of hot ash 36 times on ...

Ash rain blankets Boyolali after Mount Merapi belches hot clouds

Mount Merapi, which stands on the border of the provinces of Central Java and Yogyakarta, erupted and emitted hot ...

Public advised caution as Mount Merapi ejects hot clouds

Mount Merapi released hot clouds rising nearly 200 meters above the crater, the second time on Thursday, the Geological ...

Gorontalo hit by 6.4-magnitude quake

An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale rattled the Indonesian province of Gorontalo on early Thursday, ...

Three moderate-intensity quakes hit Indonesia since early Thursday

Three earthquakes, measuring above 5.0 on the Richter scale, struck Indonesia since early Thursday, according to the ...

Government distributes tents, logistics to Mt Merapi evacuees

The Social Affairs Ministry has distributed tents and logistics worth Rp500 million as humanitarian aid for the ...