At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured on Thursday in a strong earthquake that rocked Indonesia's remote Maluku islands, triggering landslides that buried at least one of the victims, the disaster agency said.
Terrified residents ran into (...)
Rescuers pulled 10 bodies from mounds of mud Tuesday after flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains in eastern Indonesia sent thousands fleeing for safety and left four others missing, a disaster official said.
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An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale hit Central Maluku at 2.30 local time on Sunday morning but it caused no damage, a local official said.
Maluku's Secretary for Natural Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) Kifly Makanno said here on (...)
Police say rescuers are searching the ocean off eastern Indonesia for 14 missing people after a wooden boat sank in high waves.
Local police chief Capt. Zet Riry says the boat was carrying 27 people from Maluku's provincial capital, Ambon, to the (...)
An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted East Seram District in Maluku province at 11.39 am East Indonesia Standard Time on Thursday, local meteorology official reported.
Ambon Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency spokesman (...)
An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted Saumlaki, the capital of Maluku Tenggara Barat District, Maluku Province, on Tuesday at 0.09 pm Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB).
The quake's epicenter was located at 7.13 degrees (...)
A landslide triggered by two days of incessant rains killed four people of the same family at Bere-Bere area in Maluku province's capital of Ambon on Sunday.
Secretary of the Maluku Provincial Natural Disaster Mitigation Board (BPBD) Kilfy Wakanno (...)
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale rocked Saumlaki, capital of Maluku Tenggara Barat district, at 12.05 western Indonesian time on Wednesday.
The quake was located at 7,47 degrees southern latitude and 130.41 degrees eastern longitude (...)
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale shook Ambon, Maluku Province, Saturday at around 12.51 am local time.
The quake's epicenter was located at 4.13 degrees southern latitude and 129.38 degrees eastern longitude, around 146 km southeast (...)
Floods and landslides hit Ambon and its environs following incessant heavy rains falling in Maluku's capital city since Friday.
Hundreds of houses at Batumerah, Kadewatan, Tanah Tinggi, Batugajah, Waihaong, Passo, and Lateri areas were flooded, (...)
Indonesia's mangrove forests are currently in critical condition and seriously damaged, according to Fishery and Marine Affairs Minister Fadel Muhammad.
"Around 70 percent of mangrove forests in Indonesia are in critical condition and seriously (...)
A landslide striking Waetama village, South Buru district, last Friday at 10 am buried 18 people and left seven others injured, a source said.
"The landslide happens as a result of heavy rain which has been pounded this area for five days. The (...)
A 6.2-magnitude tectonic quake jolted Saumlaki, the capital of Maluku Tenggara Barat district. The epicenter of the quake was 6.26 degrees south latitude and 130,41 degrees east longitude at a depth of 112 kilometers in the sea.
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A mild tectonic earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter in scale hit Namlea island in Buru district, Maluku province, here on Monday at 09.58 east Indonesia standard time (WIT).
According to the chief of the local Meteorology and Geophysics (...)
At least three sand miners were buried by a landslide as they were working in a quarry on the slope of a hill at Wailette, Hatiwe Besar village, Teluk Dalam sub district, Ambon, on Monday, ANTARA reported.
Two of the miners were rushed to Otto Kuyk (...)
A landslide, triggered by incessant rains since late Tuesday (Sept. 9), killed at least four people in Nusaniwe sub district, Ambon, Maluku Province, on Wednesday, ANTARA reported.
Three dead bodies were found at Eri village, and one at Benteng. (...)
An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale hit Ambon, Maluku Province, on Monday at 7.55 am local time, ANTARA reported.
The earthquake's epicenter was located at 4.31 degrees southern latitude and 129.69 degrees eastern longitude, around 184 (...)
Landslides triggered by heavy rains have been hitting a number of locations in Ambon, Maluku province, since Friday but there were no fatalities, ANTARA reported.
In the Tantui area, a landslide damaged a house, while in Sudirman street, the fence (...)
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook West Southeast Maluku (MTB) District, Maluku Province, on Monday at 12.15 am Western Indonesian Time (WIB), ANTARA reported.
The quake's epicenter was located at 78.33 degrees southern latitude (...)
An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook Tual and Southeast Maluku District, Maluku Province, on Monday at 2.11 am Eastern Indonesian Time (WIT), but claimed no lives, ANTARA reported.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located at (...)
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted the eastern Indonesian town of Tual in Southeast Maluku district at 8.32 on Thursday morning, ANTARA quoted local Meteorology and Geophysics Agency chief Benny Sipolo as saying.
Benny said the (...)
An Indonesian volcano resumed shooting out flaming rocks on Friday, while thousands more people fled the mountain in the remote east of the country as ash clouds showered nearby villages, ANTARA quoted an official as saying.
After a quiet spell, a (...)
Rescue workers on Friday evacuated eight more "Wahai Star" shipwreck victims, two already dead, in Manipa and Buano waters, Western Seram (SBB) district.
"Another dead victim, identified as Rosiana, was buried in Manipa island so that her body (...)
