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At least seven people are killed and 85 others are injured by an earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia. The 6.2 magnitude earthquake is felt as far away as Malaysia and Singapore.
2022-02-25

Mount Sinabung in Sumatra, Indonesia erupts, spewing 16,000 feet of ash into the air.
2021-03-2

The Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia (BMKG) and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issue tsunami warnings, after an undersea 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes southwest of Sumatra, in the Indian Ocean.
2016-03-2

An overloaded wooden boat with Sumatra-bound migrants sinks off the coast of Malaysia killing at least 15 people, 13 of which are women. Nearby fisherman rescue 19 people with more than 40 missing. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency states that the boat was taking migrant workers home to Tanjung Balai in Indonesia's Sumatra province for the Hari Raya Haji celebration.
2015-09-3

A landslide in the Indonesian island of Sumatra kills at least 4 people with 18 missing.
2013-01-27

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the Indonesian island of Sumatra with one man dying while fleeing his home.
2012-07-25

160 people are missing from a village on the Indonesian village of Betu Monga on Sumatra hit by a local tsunami after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck south of the Mentawai Islands. The earthquake leaves at least one person dead and damages 150 houses.
2010-10-26

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes near the Mentawai Islands, but tsunami warnings for western Sumatra proved unwarranted.
2010-10-25

Forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia, cause a thick haze to drift over Singapore.
2010-10-22

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung continues to erupt with 21,000 people now evacuated from nearby areas of north Sumatra and two people dead.
2010-08-30