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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 ...

Magnitude 6.4 quake sets off panic among Gundungsitoli residents

An earthquake, measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale, jolted Southwest Nias, North Sumatra, triggering a sense of panic ...

Samosir District experienced 60 quakes during Jan-Apr 19 period: BMKG

The Center for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BBMKG) Region 1 of Medan recorded 60 earthquakes in Samosir ...

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. ...

5.5-magnitude quake strikes North Sumatra's Nias

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted West Nias in North Sumatra province on Wednesday evening, the Meteorology, ...

Mount Merapi spews incandescent lava 17 times on Wednesday

Mount Merapi, straddling Yogyakarta and Central Java, erupted 17 times on Wednesday, with incandescent lava flowing up ...

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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 ...

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Indonesia enters 2021 with "abnormal" natural disasters

As a country located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is prone to natural disasters such as volcano eruption, ...

Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 hits Maluku's Tual

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck Tual City in the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku on early Tuesday, according to ...