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Collection of subduction news, found 104 news.

News Feature

Exploring the beauty of Meratus geological heritage

An expanse of lake, with small islands scattered throughout, will draw the visitors' attention on reaching atop the ...

Magnitude 6.0 quake strikes West Halmahera

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattled northwest of West Halmahera, North Maluku, on Tuesday morning, but no tsunami ...

Magnitude-5.2 earthquake rattles Teluk Bintuni, West Papua

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Teluk Bintuni, West Papua Province, on Saturday at 11:26 a.m. Western Indonesian ...

House urges gov't to bolster mitigation following Nias earthquakes

House of Representatives' (DPR's) speaker Puan Maharani called on the government to strengthen the mitigation ...

G20 Indonesia

ESDM Ministry to hold G20 energy transition session in Yogyakarta

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) will hold an inaugural session of the Energy Transition Working ...

BNPB's team to handle impacts of earthquake in South Nias

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) confirmed that it will shortly dispatch a team to help in handling the ...

Plate subduction caused shallow 6.7-M earthquake in South Nias: BMKG

A shallow earthquake, with an updated magnitude of 6.7, rattled South Nias District, North Sumatra Province, on Monday ...

Indo-Australian Plate subduction caused 5.1M quake in West Aceh: BMKG

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated that a 5.1-magnitude tectonic earthquake in West Aceh, ...

24 earthquakes struck Aceh, North Sumatra on Feb 18-24

The Medan Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (MKG) Center reported that 24 earthquakes had hit  North Sumatra ...

5.5-magnitude quake jolts Banten province

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Banten Province on Friday evening, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics ...

Southwest Maluku's earthquake caused by Banda Sea subduction: BMKG

- was located at sea at a distance of 28 kilometers (km) to the northeast of the district at a depth of 126 ...

News Focus

Preparing disaster-resilient community in earthquake-prone Indonesia

Earthquakes are common in parts of Indonesia, the world's largest archipelagic nation located in the Pacific Ring ...

Mitigation efforts after Banten quake

According to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the 6.6-magnitude earthquake which struck ...

Researcher cautions of lingering aftershocks until condition balanced

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

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, ...