Sources: ABC Online
A speedboat explodes at a port in Taliabu Island Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia, killing six people, including Benny Laos, a candidate for Governor of North Maluku in the upcoming election, and Regional House of Representatives member Ester Tantri. 2024-10-12
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
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 death toll of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, rises to 1,649. More than 265 are missing. 2018-10-6
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
A 14-year-old girl is killed and 15 people are injured in a 5.9-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia. 2013-01-21
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the Indonesian island of Sumatra with one man dying while fleeing his home. 2012-07-25
Two earthquakes occur off the coast of West Papua in Indonesia of 6.2 and 7.2 in magnitude. 2010-09-30