On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook the seafloor off Indonesia, sending a 100-foot wall of water to communities and killing over 220,000 people.

Earthquakes in Indonesia are a common occurrence because of the country's position on the Pacific Ring of Fire where tectonic plates collide. In 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake hit the coast of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A powerful earthquake struck Indonesia's main island of Java on November 21st, killing over 160 people and injuring 700 in Indonesia. More from News A powerful ...

Nuclear power plants will be built across earthquake-prone Indonesia under a proposal put forward by the country's energy council — a plan environmentalists say is "dangerous". While the ...

Jakarta: An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale struck Sunday west of Ternate Island in Indonesia. The US Geological Survey said that the epicenter of the quake was 121 kilometers west of ...

Meanwhile, the International Union of Muslim Scholars has expressed condolences and solidarity with Indonesia in the aftermath of the recent strong earthquake. The organization's secretary general ...

Tectonic map, megathrust zones ... Between 1900 and 2023, Indonesia recorded 14,820 earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 5 Mw. Among these, 15 were more than 8 Mw, including the 2004 Aceh ...

ACEH: A strong and shallow undersea earthquake shook part of Indonesia's Aceh province Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The US Geological Survey said ...