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An earthquake kills at least seven people and damages buildings in Java, Indonesia.
2021-04-10

A bus carrying dozens of pilgrims plunges into a ravine in Indonesia's Java island, killing at least 27 people.
2021-03-10

Mount Merapi in Java, Indonesia erupts, forcing the airport in Surakarta to close.
2020-03-4

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has decided to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta, on the northwest coast of Java island. The new location and timing are not yet known. Jakarta, home to over 10 million people, is sinking at one of the fastest rates in the world; almost half of its area is below sea level.
2019-04-29

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

Landslides caused by heavy rain in Java, Indonesia, kill at least 17 people with a hundred still unaccounted for.
2014-12-13

A boat carrying 70 asylum seekers en route to Australia sinks off the coast of Java in Indonesia with eight confirmed deaths and fifteen people missing.
2011-11-1

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

Indonesia evacuates thousands more people from their villages as Mount Merapi in central Java explodes again.
2010-11-4

Authorities evacuate 40,000 people in Java due to fears of an explosion by Mount Merapi.
2010-10-25