Indonesia

A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck off the shore of Indonesia’s Java island on Friday at a depth of 10km, Indonesia’s geophysics agency (BKMG) said, although the US Geological Survey measured it at 6.4. The quake followed a 6-magnitude tremor…

Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto was declared the winner of the presidential election in the world’s third-largest democracy Wednesday over two former governors, the Associated Press reported. The former special forces commander won the Feb. 14 contest with nearly 60%…

A wooden boat carrying Rohingya Muslims capsized off Indonesia’s coast, with six survivors, four women and two men, rescued by local fishermen, the Associate Press reported. The refugees’ boat sank about 16 miles off Kuala Bubon Beach in Aceh province,…

Almost 40,000 individuals have had to evacuate their residences due to a destructive flood in the Central Java area of Indonesia, Anadolu Agency reported citing the Antara News agency. The agency referenced the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BPBD) and…

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 shook 106 km SE of Modisi, Indonesia at 18:56:13 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 26.5 km, was initially reported to be at 0.11…

Torrential rains in Indonesia’s Sumatra island triggered flash floods and a landslide, resulting in the deaths of at least 19 people with seven others missing, the Associate Press reported. According to a statement by the disaster management agency, tons of…

Indonesian citizens went to the polls today to cast votes in Presidential and Parliamentary elections in a process called “the biggest one-day election in the world”. More than 205 million people in 17,000 Indonesian islands and in three time zones…

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 132 km East of Bitung, Indonesia at 18:03:51 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 31.6 km, was initially determined to be at 1.34 degrees…

Four people have been killed and at least 42 were injured after two commuter trains collided in Indonesia’s West Java province, Al Jazeera reported. The accident on Friday happened when a long-distance train from the country’s second-largest city, Surabaya, collided…

Nearly 150 Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, have reached a beach in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province after weeks at sea, officials said Sunday. The arrivals came after the military said last week its navy vessel had…