A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted Friday, spewing towering clouds of hot ash into the air and sending a group of hikers to scramble to safety, leaving nine injured and one missing, an official said.
According to AP, Mount Gamalama on Ternate (...)
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.
The epicenter of the quake (...)
Several hundred houses in North Maluku have been inundated over the past week after torrential rains showered some sub-districts in the province.
Among the flooded sub-districts were South Jailolo, West Halmahera district, and Oba in Tidore (...)
A powerful earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted Labuha in South Halmahera, North Maluku province, at 9.50 a.m. local time on Sunday.
Local meteorology and geophysics agency (BMG) spokesman Fauzi said the earthquake did not have (...)
Thirteen people were reported dead and three others missing after a motor boat sank in the waters of East Halmahera district, North Maluku, ANTARA reported.
"It is true the motor boat sank in the East Halmahera waters on Monday evening," (...)
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale jolted Ternate, North Maluku province, on Friday at about 17:05 local time, but damage and casualty were not reported, according to ANTARA.
Alimin, an official at the Meteorology and Geophysics (...)
A strong earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale hit North Maluku island of Ternate at 9 local time on Thursday morning, ANTARA quoted Ternate Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) spokesman Salimin as saying.
He said the epicenter of the (...)
At least four people were
wounded by gunshots and more than a dozen injured as police
repelled thousands of protesters, some throwing rocks and
glass shards, at an airport in eastern Indonesia, officials
said.
Police first used tear gas and (...)
An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted South Halmahera District, North Maluku, on Tuesday (Aug. 14), injuring one teenager and damaging at least 41 houses, ANTARA reported.
"The number of injured persons and damaged houses may (...)
