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Magnitude 5.5 quake hits W. Sumatra

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted West Sumatra province at 12.43 pm on Wednesday, according to ...

Yogyakarta`s Gadjah Mada University to host intl volcano conference

Yogyakarta`s Gadjah Mada University (UGM) is to host the 8th Cities on Volcanoes international conference next ...

Indonesia to see robust tourism trade at ITB Berlin

Indonesia is expected to see robust tourism trade at the Internationale Tourismus-Borse Berlin, better known as ITB ...

Indonesia to build unmanned drone squadron in 2013

Indonesia`s Minister for Research and Technology, Gusti Muhammad Hatta, said the country will build an unmanned drone ...

Quake jolts Bengkulu

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Mukomuko district in Bengkulu at 9 am local time on Wednesday, ...

Indonesia did not have major natural disasters in 2012

Indonesia, a country which is prone to natural disasters - floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, droughts, tsunamis ...

Frequency of whirlwinds increasing in Indonesia

The number of whirlwinds that hit Indonesia last year was 28 times higher than that of the year 2002 due to the impact ...

5.3-magnitude quake hits Ternate

A 5.3-magnitude undersea earthquake rocked the North Maluku provincial capital of Ternate early Friday but there ...

LAPAN developing UAV to monitor disasters

The National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) is developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to help monitor ...

5.9-magnitude quake rocks Ternate

A 5.9-magnitude undersea earthquake rocked the North Maluku provincial capital of Ternate on Tuesday evening but there ...

Jakarta no longer suitable for center of government

Vice Chairman of the Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPR), Ahmad Farhan Hamid, has said that Jakarta should no longer ...

Mt Lokon erupts again

Mount Lokon in Tomohon, North Sulawesi erupted again at 4.11pm local time on Saturday spewing ash up to around 2,500 ...

Minister supports nuclear power plant establishment in East Kalimantan

Indonesia`s Research and Technology Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta is in support of the East Kalimantan (Kaltim) ...

Mt Lokon in N Sulawesi erupts again

Mount Lokon in Tomohon City, North Sulawesi erupted again at 13.43 local time, an official said. "The increase ...

Mt Marapi spews white thick smoke

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra province spewed white thick smoke at around 07.00 a.m. on Saturday, a local resident ...