Sources: ABC Online
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake strikes off the southwestern coast of Java island, Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was located about 150 kilometers away from Garut, West Java. At least four people are injured and some buildings are damaged. 2024-04-27
An earthquake kills at least seven people and damages buildings in Java, Indonesia. 2021-04-10
Scientists announce that the "Megachile pluto" (Wallace's giant bee), the world's largest bee, has been rediscovered in North Maluku, Indonesia, after no confirmed sightings since 1981. The first ever pictures and videos are taken of the rare species. 2019-02-21
The confirmed death toll from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 1,571. 2018-10-5
At least 1,347 people are now known to have died in the aftermath of the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami. 2018-10-2
The death toll from the magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Lombok, Indonesia, rises to 259, and may go higher still. 2018-08-9
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
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
Two earthquakes occur off the coast of West Papua in Indonesia of 6.2 and 7.2 in magnitude. 2010-09-30
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits the eastern islands of Indonesia; no immediate reports of casualties. 2010-03-14