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A magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes the Majene Regency in West Sulawesi, Indonesia, killing at least 42 people and wounding more than 820 others. It was preceded by a foreshock measuring 5.7 a few hours before.
2021-01-15

Ash from Indonesia's Mount Rinjani volcano closes Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport, the country's third busiest. Nearly 700 flights are cancelled. Officials will re-evaluate the situation tomorrow. Mount Rinjani started spewing ash last weekend.
2015-11-4

The Indonesian province of Riau declares a state of emergency due to high levels of smoke haze from forest fires in Riau, Jambi and South Sumatra that have led thousands of people to flee the capital Pekanbaru.
2015-09-15

At least 21 passengers on board an Indonesian ferry that sank last night on the Mahakam River in East Kalimantan are missing and presumed dead.
2012-09-14

An Indonesian ferry sinks off the coast of the Maluku Islands with 60 people missing.
2011-12-21

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

Mount Lokon on Indonesia's Sulawesi island erupts prompting thousands of people to flee.
2011-07-15

A boat containing 129 Rohingya refugees from Burma is found by Indonesia.
2011-02-17

Lava and ash spew from Mount Merapi in Central Java province in Indonesia before dawn as the death toll rises to 120.
2010-11-6

A prominent Indonesian cleric says Islamic law should take priority over laws passed by Parliament.
2010-03-26