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A magnitude 6.6 earthquake is felt in Java and neighbouring islands in Indonesia.
2022-01-14

Indonesia begins to implement emergency community restrictions in most cities and regencies in the islands of Java and Bali, requiring non-essential businesses and places of worship to close as well as requiring a vaccination card for domestic travel as part of measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
2021-07-3

The World Mosquito Programme reports that an experiment in which mosquitoes purposefully infected with "Wolbachia" bacteria were released in Yogyakarta, Indonesia saw rates of dengue fever cases in the city drop by 77%, and an 86% reduction in related hospitalizations.
2021-06-9

Mount Merapi in Java, Indonesia, erupts. Authorities order evacuations and the closure of Adisucipto Airport in Yogyakarta.
2018-05-11

Indonesia closes four airports including Bali International Airport due to an ongoing eruption by the Raung volcano on Java.
2015-07-10

The death toll from a landslide in central Java in Indonesia rises to 24 with scores still missing.
2014-12-14

The eruption of Mount Kelud on the island of Java causes the closure of airports in three cities Surabaya, Yogyakarta and Solo as well as the reported death of two people.
2014-02-14

A boat carrying 380 asylum seekers en route from Indonesia to Australia sinks off the coast of Java with hundreds of people missing.
2011-12-17

At least 17 people are killed and scores are injured during a fire on a ferry and a collision between two passenger trains on the island of Java in Indonesia.
2011-01-28

Continuing eruptions of Mount Merapi in Java, Indonesia, lead to cancellation of flights to the nearby city of Yogyakarta.
2010-11-2