#tectonic plates

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Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes North Sulawesi's Bolaang Uki

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rattled southeast of Bolaang Uki Sub-district in Bolaang Mongondow Selatan District, North ...

Within a week, 48 earthquakes hit North Sumatra, Aceh: BMKG

Within a period of seven days, 48 earthquakes rattled areas in the provinces of North Sumatra and Aceh in Sumatra ...

Increasing awareness of Indonesians living in "disaster supermarket"

Natural disasters are a day-to-day occurrence in Indonesia, as some 10 natural disasters occurred daily in ...

Blitar earthquake has damaged 287 houses in Malang: govt

The Malang Disaster Mitigation Agency reported that the 5.9-magnitude earthquake that jolted southeast of Blitar ...

Magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits Bengkulu's Enggano Island

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Enggano Island in the Indonesian province of Bengkulu in the early hours of ...

A 5.7-earthquake rattles North Maluku's West Halmahera

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rattled West Halmahera District, North Maluku Province, on Wednesday morning but it did not ...

5.3-magnitude earthquake rocks Banda Aceh on Friday night

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake on Friday night jolted Banda Aceh, a city in the northernmost tip of Sumatra Island which ...

Indonesia's Aceh Besar District hit by 5.5-magnitude quake

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck several areas in Aceh Besar District, Aceh Province, on Saturday, at around 8:04 a.m. ...

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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 ...

Mataram city govt plans to return disaster relief funds: official

The Mataram city government is planning to return the disaster relief funds allocated by the government for repairing ...

Damage caused to hospital, govt buildings following S Halmahera quake

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake that hit South Halmahera District in North Maluku on Friday caused no fatalities, albeit ...

Two earthquakes rattle Papua's Jayapura district

Two earthquakes rocked northwest of Jayapura District in the Indonesian province of Papua on Wednesday but they did not ...

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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 ...

5.5-magnitude quake shakes Pesisir Barat in Lampung

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck southwest of Pesisir Barat district, Lampung province on Saturday, though no tsunami ...

Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 hits southwest of Sumatra

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck southwest of ...