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UNESCO tag for Toba Caldera to boost N Sumatra tourism

Located in North Sumatra province, Lake Toba is the largest volcanic lake on Earth. The ancient lake was formed ...

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Flores waters in Indonesia

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit the waters of Flores in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara on Wednesday at ...

No casualties, damage reported after earthquake hits Yogyakarta

An earthquake registering 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked Yogyakarta on early Monday at 2:50 a.m. local time, with no ...

Series of quakes of over 5.0-magnitude hit Indonesia on Monday

Multiple earthquakes measuring over 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted several areas in Indonesia on early Monday morning, ...

Toba Caldera inscribed on List of UNESCO Global Geoparks

Toba Caldera was inscribed on the List of UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGp) at the 209th Session of the UNESCO Executive ...

Four earthquakes of varying magnitudes jolt Indonesia on Tuesday

Four earthquakes of 5-6.1 magnitudes struck Indonesia, Tuesday, at 5:54 a.m., 11:44 a.m., 12:17 a.m., and 1:16 a.m. ...

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolts East Java's Blitar

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake had struck Blitar District in East Java Province on Sunday at around 02.09 a.m. local time ...

BMKG installs three early warning receiver systems in Alor

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) installed three earthquake and tsunami early warning ...

Magnitude-5.1 earthquake rattles Boven Digoel in Papua

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit areas of Bovel Digoel District, Papua, Indonesia, on Wednesday, at around 8:06 a.m. ...

East Java's Pacitan District rattled by 5.0-magnitude quake

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Pacitan District in East Java Province on early Monday, but the tremors were felt by not ...

5.0-magnitude earthquake hits NTT's West Manggarai

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale jolted West Manggarai District, the western tip of Flores Island, ...

Indonesian president observes Lampung's tsunami-hit areas

President Joko Widodo arrived at the Radin Inten II Airport in Lampung Province on Wednesday morning to observe the ...

Emergency response in tsunami-hit South Lampung extended until Jan 5

The South Lampung Disaster Mitigation Office confirmed that the emergency response to deal with the impacts of ...

Over 33 thousand tsunami victims remain in Pandeglang temporary shelters

A total of 33,316 victims of Sunda Strait tsunami that hit Pandeglang District, Banten Province, on Dec 22, 2018, ...

bmkg outlines chronology of sunda strait tsunami

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued a press release on the chronology of Sunda Strait ...