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The Sultan Babullah airport of Ternate is still closed at least until Dec. 28 as Mount Gamalama continues activities.
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A number of districts in the country want to build a nuclear power plant (PLTN) to cope with crisis in power supply in their respective areas, an official said. "Mr Basuri Tjahaja Purnama, regent of Belitung Timur proposed to me to build a mini PLTN in his area," head of the National Nuclear Energy Agency (Batan) Djarot Sulistio Wisnubroto said here on Friday.
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A 5.3-magnitude earthquake reportedly hit the city of Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Tuesday, at 10:37 a.m. local time (GMT+8), though no tsunami warning was issued.
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An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale hit the northern part of Sumatra at 9.47 hours local time on Saturday, a meteorological office said. It is located some 1,341 km northwest of Jakarta.
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Head of the Geological Agency Surono appealed to the villagers residing around Mount Slamet to abide by the danger zone limit, set at a four-kilometer radius from the peak, following increased activity.
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An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale shook Ambon city in the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku on Friday evening, prompting local residents to rush outdoors.
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The Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation Center PVMBG on Wednesday raised the status of Mount Slamet in Central Java from alert level II (Waspada) to alert level III (Siaga).
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Mount Merapi in Magelang, Central Java, rumbled on Sunday morning, spewing some volcanic materials such as ash and sand to the nearby villages.
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The Indonesian authorities have raised the status of Mount Slamet in Central Java from normal to alert level as of 9 p.m. on Monday, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).
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An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook Sumbawa district, West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, at dawn on Monday but there was no immediate report of casualties.
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Volcanic ash from a major eruption in Indonesia shrouded a large swath of the country's most densely populated island on Friday, closed three international airports and sent thousands fleeing.
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A volcano on the main island of Indonesia has sent plumes of smoke and ash high into the air, while tens of thousands have gone to shelters for safety, the Antara state news agency reported Thursday.
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The danger status of Mount Kelud in Kediri, East Java, has been raised from alert to the highest caution level following its increasing activity.
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A number of houses were damaged in Purworejo when an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit the Central Java district town at 12.14 midday on Saturday.
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An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck Kebumen district, Central Java province, here on Saturday at 12.18 West Indonesian Time (WIB), according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
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A number of villages in Namanteran Subdistrict, Karo District, North Sumatra, are now isolated as vehicles are hampered to reach the areas due to volcanic ash from Mount Sinabung eruption that blocks access roads.
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The Mount Kerinci monitoring post has issued an alert prohibiting mountaineers from scaling the 3,805 meter mountains peak, following an increase in volcanic activity on Sunday.
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A tectonic earthquake measuring 6.2 on Richter scale shook Morotai Island, North Maluku Province, at 10:32 p.m Eastern Indonesian Standard Time (WIT) on Tuesday.
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At least 24 school buildings were damaged by a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that hit the Tangse sub-district, Aceh Darussalam, on Oct. 22, 2013.
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An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted West Sumatra province at 12.43 pm on Wednesday, according to Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
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A tectonic earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scaled jolted West Southeast Maluluku (MTB) district in Maluku province at 9.53 am local time on Monday.
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Mount Rokatenda in Palue island, East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted early Saturday, spewing ash onto a number of villages on the island. The eruption, which occurred at nearly 01.00 a.m., also was accompanied by earthquakes, local resident Bertolomeus Pelle said.
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plans to visit areas worst hit by recent quake in Central Aceh on Monday, a local official said.
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A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit Pagai Selatan in the district of Mentawai islands, Sumatra, at 12.05 pm on Saturday. "The epicenter of the quake was 36 kilometer deep in the sea, 149 kilometers southeast of Mentawai islands, West Sumatra, or 164 kilometers southwest of Muko-Muko, Bengkulu, or 184 kilometers southwest of Sungai Penuh, Jambi," the spokesman of the Natural Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), Sutopo Purwo Nuegroho, said.
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The Iskandar Muda Regional Military Command in Aceh province is deploying hundreds of soldiers to help quake victims in Central Aceh and Bener Meriah districts.
"Since yesterday we have deployed hundreds of soldiers to assist affected people in solving their problems," spokesman of the regional military command Col. Subagio Irianto said on Wednesday.
The soldiers from the battalion 114, the Liliwangsa military command 011 and the Central Aceh district military command had performed rescue tasks in the two quake-hit districts since they arrived there on Tuesday, he said.
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale rocked the districts on Tuesday at 02.37 p.m. local time, leaving thousands of houses damaged heavily and lightly. The quake also forced the hospitalization of hundreds of people and left more than 20 others dead.
Subagio said the regional military command also had dispatched a team of medical personnel and sent kitchen utensils, communication instrument and transport vehicles to the quake-hit areas.
He said Indonesian military (TNI) soldiers, along with police officers and local residents had also evacuated survivors and cured those sustaining injuries in the quake.
They also got involved in the effort to remove debris of collapsed buildings using heavy-duty equipment owned by private companies and the district governments, he said."We will also send heavy-duty equipment and medical team from the provincial capital Banda Aceh to the affected areas if needed," he said.
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Five people were found dead in Bener Meriah following a strong quake in Aceh on Tuesday. "According to initial reports, five people were found dead, two were missing and 70 others were injured while tens of houses were heavily damaged in Bener Meriah district," National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said here on Tuesday.
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Hundreds of people were wounded as a powerful earthquake rocked Central Aceh and Bener Meriah districts in Aceh province on Tuesday afternoon.
"Hundreds of quake victims have been hospitalized, with some of them treated in open space," local resident Iwan Bahagia said when contacted from the Aceh provincial capital of Banda Aceh on Tuesday evening.The quake also disrupted communication networks to affected areas.
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An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter Scale shook Bali and it’s neighboring island of Lombok at 12:42 pm local time on Saturday, June 22, 2013.Information from the Indonesian Department of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) said the epicenter of the earthquake was 14 kilometers northwest of Lombok at a depth of 10 kilometers.
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An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter Scale jolted northeast of Tolikara, Papua on Saturday at 11.42 Western Indonesia Time.
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The Banjarnegara Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) said several tremors had continuously shaken Timbang Crater in Sumber Rejo Village, Banjarnegara District, Central Java from Sunday to Monday morning.
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The energy and mineral resources ministry said a potential geothermal reserve has been found in the district of Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi Province. The geothermal reserve was found near nickel mines in Kolaka by the ministry`s researchers, Made Suantika, the head of soil shifting and mitigation division at the ministry, said here.
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One dead and seven injured following an earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale that hit Pidie district, Aceh Provice, at 05.26 am on Tuesday. "A nine-year old girl died after her house collapsed due to earthquake," Aceh province`s Chief of Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) Jarwansyah said here on Tuesday.
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A major quake measuring 6 on the Richter Scale, rocked the regency of Aceh Jaya, in Aceh, on Thursday evening but no casualty and damage to property have been reported.
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The World Bank`s representative in Indonesia has urged the government of Aceh to complete the construction of a bypass road from Meulaboh in West Aceh to Calang in Aceh Jaya.
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A 5.6-magnitude undersea earthquake rocked the city of Gorontalo, the capital of the Gorontalo province in northern Sulawesi early Saturday, the Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said.
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An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale jolted Seluma (southwest), Bengkulu, at 3.46pm on Tuesday.
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The number of whirlwinds that hit Indonesia last year was 28 times higher than that of the year 2002 due to the impact of global warming, according National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
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A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Banggai Islands district in Central Sulawesi province on Monday evening, sparking panic among local residents but no damage reported.
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A 5.9-magnitude undersea earthquake rocked the North Maluku provincial capital of Ternate on Tuesday evening but there was no immediate report of casualties or material damage, according to the local geophysics station.
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An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted Banda Sea, southeast of Maluku province, on Wednesday at 3.56 pm local time.
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An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale rocked Central Maluku, on Tuesday at 9.59 am Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB).
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An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale rocked Denpasar, the capital of Bali Province, here Thursday, forcing a number of people to rush out of buildings in panic. Head of the Denpasar BMKG I Wayan Suardana added that the tremor did not have potential to trigger a tsunami.
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An earthquake rocked northern Sumatra`s province of Aceh this morning but no casualty reported. The quake with epicenter in the sea 290 kilometers north of the Simeulu island or around 1,700 kilometer northwest of Jakarta, hit at 0.3.30 local time.
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A major quake 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted the northern province of Sulawesi, Gorontalo, causing panic among the local people on Tuesday morning. The quake this morning struck at 09:36 local time with epicenter 72 kilometer northwest of Gorontalo.
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A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted the eastern Indonesian city of Ambon in Maluku province on Thursday afternoon, according to local Meteorology and Geophysics Agency report.
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To help communities better prepare for floods, earthquakes and tsunamis, a new hazard impact modelling tool, the Indonesia scenario assessment for emergencies (InaSAFE), was launched Wednesday, according to the Australian Embassy here in its official web site on Wednesday.
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An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale jolted Sangihe Talaud Islands of North Sulawesi, at 10.42 a.m. of local time on Sunday. The earthquake has no tsunami potential.
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Thee regencies in North Sulawesi already have contingency plan to face natural disasters especially tsunami, the Regional Natural Disaster Control Agency (BPBD) said.
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At least several hundred houses in the district of Bogor, West Java, were badly damaged after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit the area at 1:27 a.m. on Sunday. The epicenter of the quake was located about 31 kilometers southwest of Bogor regency at a depth of 10 kilometers, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).
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The National Disaster Control Agency (BNPB) said at least 900,000 people in West Sumatra live in areas within tsunami dangerous zone.
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Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait is still on level II alert, according to an observation officer. "We have asked all tourists and fishermen to stay away from the volcano because it could endanger the safety of their lives," Mount Anak Krakatau Observation Post officer Jumono said on Friday.
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A major quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted Bali early on Tuesday, but no report of casualty and damage to property on the tourist island.
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An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked the regency of Bantul of Yogyakarta on Wednesday but no casualty and damage to property reported.
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An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted southern part of Bengkulu at 10.09 on Tuesday morning, Kotabumi Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) spokesman Chrismanto said.
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A quake measuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale jolted Morotai island in North Maluku at 10.31pm on Saturday.
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A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook West Nusa Tenggara province on Thursday, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). The epicenter of the quake which struck at 06.04 p.m. was located 9.27 degrees southern latitude and 116.37 degree eastern longitude or some 60 km southeast of Central Lombok district at a depth of 77 km, the agency said.
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A major quake of 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted the West Sumatra coastal areas at 09.10 western Indonesian time this morning, but there has been no report of casualty and damage to property.
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A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the northwestern coast of West Manggarai district in East Nusa Tenggara province on Wednesday at 07.56 p.m., the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said.
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The Mukomuko district of Bengkulu province is likely to have a powerful earthquake and a devastating tsunami any moment, according to Mukomuko district head Ichwan Yunus.
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An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook the southeast area of Simeulue district, Aceh province, at 12.14 a.m local time on Friday, an official said.
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A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the northwest coast of Simeulue district in Aceh province on Thursday evening, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Board (BMKG).
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The 6.1-magnitude earthquake that hit Sukabumi on Monday has damaged 448 buildings, reported an official of the Sukabumi disaster mitigation office (BPBD).
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Thirty-four houses had been damaged following a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Sukabumi, West Java, on Monday evening, according to the district`s natural disaster mitigation board (BPBD).
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Mount Marapi, located between the districts of Tanah Datar and Agam, West Sumatra province twice spewed white smoke on Saturday morning, a witness said.
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The earthquake that shook the Banda Aceh region on Wednesday morning at 02:07 am Indonesian Western time measured 5.3 on the Richter scale.
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The Acehnese government has said that the tsunami early warning system, which has been installed in a coastal area, needs special attention for improvements in the future.
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A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shooked Sukabumi in West Java at 9.31pm on Saturday. The Meteorology, Geophysics and Climatology Agency recorded the quake`s epicenter was at 7.43 degrees south latitude and 106.47 degrees east longitude or 52 kilometers from Sukabumi.
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A quake with a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted Simeulue regency in Aceh province Wednesday at 2:43 am local time.
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The government continued campaigning about the benefits and security of a nuclear power plant among the population of Bangka island in the Sumatran province of Bangka-Belitung.
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A 5.9-magnitude quake shook the waters southwest of Aceh Jaya Regency, Nangroe Aceh Darussalam, this morning, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said.
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter Scale has hit near Manokwari, West Papua province. The quake took place at 10:16 local time or 08:16 West Indonesia time. No information was available of casualties or damage.
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Some residents in the district of Meulaboh in Aceh claim to have been more prepared to face the tsunami disaster and preferred to observe natural signs before seeking shelter, which was proven when an earthquake measuring magnitude 8.5 rocked the Aceh province on Wednesday (April 4).
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Chief of Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency Teuku Ahmad Dadek said West Aceh district needs more sirens for tsunami early warning system in the area.
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The Banten Regional Disaster Mitigation Office (BPBD) said there were no immediate reports of damages nor casualties in the magnitude-6 earthquake that hit Ujung Kulon, Pandeglang District, Banten Province, early Sunday.
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A 6.0 Richter in scale hits Pandeglang, Banten province, here on Sunday at 02.26 A.M.
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A magnitude 5.4 earthquake again jolted Aceh province on Saturday night following the magnitude 8.5 earthquake on Wednesday afternoon.
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An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook the western part of Lampung province on Thursday evening.
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The National Disaster Management Board (BNPB) on Thursday reported five people were dead after a powerful earthquake measuring 8.5 on the Richter Scale struck Simeulue district, Aceh province, last Wednesday afternoon.
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There have been no reports of damage or deaths following the 8,9 magnitude quake in Simeulue, Aceh, at around 3.38pm on Wednesday, according to an official from the social affairs ministry.
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A series of aftershocks continued after a massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.5 on the Richter scale struck Sinabang waters in Aceh province on Wednesday. By Wednesday evening, the Office of the Meteorology, Geophysics and Climatology Agency (BMKG) in Medan, North Sumatra, recorded five aftershocks of lower magnitude.
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A tsunami watch was issued for countries across the Indian Ocean after a massive earthquake hit waters off Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering widespread panic as residents along coastlines fled to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles.
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A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale jolted Aru Islands District in Maluku Province at 08.42 local time on Wednesday morning.
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An earthquake with an intensity of 5.2 on the Richter scale struck southwest of Talaud Islands in North Sulawesi province on Tuesday at 5.21 am local time. The medium quake struck under the sea in a depth of 5 kilometers, but has no potential to cause a tsunami, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said in Bandar Lampung.
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Mount Marapi, a volcano located in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra, continues to spew out volcanic ash after several brief eruptions last week, officials said on Monday.
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Mount Marapi, a volcano located in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra, briefly erupted on early Wednesday morning, officials said. It comes after activity was also reported at the volcano in August 2011.
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Indonesia's Mount Lokon erupted again on Friday after showing increased activity since the previous day, local officials told an Indonesian news agency.
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Kalimantan is suitable for the development of nuclear energy as it is relatively free from the threat of earthquakes in comparison to Java, Research and Technology Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said Friday.
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A strong earthquake struck the Savu Sea off the Indonesian island of Flores on early Saturday morning, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. No tsunami warnings were issued.
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Twenty-five volcanoes in Indonesia are now showing abnormal activity or have been put in alert or watch status, presidential special aide Andi Arief said here on Saturday.
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A powerful earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on early Wednesday morning, seismologists said, prompting a brief tsunami alert but causing no damage.
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A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on early Wednesday morning, seismologists said, prompting a tsunami warning for local coastlines.
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A powerful earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on early Wednesday morning, seismologists said. There was no immediate word about damage or casualties from the region.
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Hundreds of people living near a volcano in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara were evacuated on Thursday because of increased volcanic activity, the Antara news agency reported.
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Several eruptions at Mount Lokon on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Tuesday morning caused panic among local residents, local media reported. There were no casualties.
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An Indonesian girl who was thought to have died when a huge tsunami devastated the island of Sumatra in December 2004, has been found alive and reunited with her parents, local media reported on Thursday.
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An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale rocked Gorontalo province on Tuesday evening, prompting scores of people to rush outdoors for fear of eventualities.
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At least five people were killed on Thursday when a rain-triggered landslide hit a village on an island off Indonesia's Sumatra, officials said. Several others remain missing.
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An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted Bengkulu early Wednesday morning at 00.43, awakening the people who were sleeping soundly to scramble out of their houses in panic.
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A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Bantul district, Yogyakarta, province here on Thursday at 10.55 AM local time.
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A strong earthquake struck the Molucca Sea in eastern Indonesia on early Monday afternoon, seismologists said, causing panic but no damage or casualties.
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