Large Earthquake Hits Eastern Indonesia

"An earthquake with magnitude of 6.4 rocked Maluku province in easternparts of Indonesia on Thursday morning with no damage or casualtieswere reported, the country's meteorology and disaster managementagencies said.""JAKARTA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The quake struck at 02:10...

Quake sparks panic in Indonesia`s West Papua

jAKARTA (ANTARA News) - A 6.2 magnitude undersea quake jolted eastern Indonesia on Monday, damaging some houses and sparking panic among residents but causing no deaths, a meteorology agency official said. The U.S. Geological Survey placed the strong quake, shallow at only...

Earthquakes hits two provinces in wee hours of Monday

"A strong earthquake hit Bima and Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province, early Monday, killing at least three persons, injuring tens of residents, and destroying hundreds of houses.The earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale was felt by the Dompu residents at between...

Indonesia prepares after psychic predicts quake: officials

""Though we call it a rumour, we take this information seriously. We don't want people to blame us if it really happens," he said. Another Bengkulu official, Fauzan Rahim, told state-run Antara news agency that he had seen a copy of the letter from Jucelino Nobrega da Luz,...

Tsunami detectors to be installed in eastern RI provinces

Manado (ANTARA News) - Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) will soon install around 13 earthquake and tsunami detectors in the eastern Indonesian provinces of North Sulawesi, Gorontalo and North Maluku, Manado BMG spokesman Subardjo said here on Friday. "The installation...

Strong quake strikes off Indonesia`s Sumatra

"The quake struck in the Indian Ocean about 135 kilometres (84 miles) off the town of Bengkulu at 4:02 am (2102 GMT Wednesday), at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), the agency said. The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 7.1. The earthquake rattled the same area...

Strong quake hits Indonesia`s Sumatra

"The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 7:19 am (0019 GMT), was located about 129 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of the city of Padang, at a depth of 20 kilometres, the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics agency was quoted as saying by AFP. There were no tsunami...

5.6 magnitude quake shakes West Sumatra

"A local Meteorology and Geophysics Agency staff, Fitri, said the tremor was an aftershock of two major earthquakes that struck the region respectively on September 12 measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale and on September 13 measuring 7.9. She said the epicenter of Tuesday`s...

Global warming leaves Russians cold

"More than 50% of Russians asked about global warming say they haven't heard much about it, according to a BBC World Service poll of 22,000 people in 21 countries.The Russian media focus on what seem to be more pressing problems. There are burning social issues, there's...

Aftershocks continue to rattle Bengkulu

"The epicenter of the first earthquake was located at 8.03 degrees southern latitude and 107.74 degrees eastern longitude, around 94 km southwest of Tasikmalaya, West Java, at a depth of 30 km, a spokesman of the national Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG), Edison...

Dangerous Heat, Humidity Blanketing Much of Nation, Cautions Urged

"Hot, humid air is blanketing wide areas of the nation this week, and Missouri health experts have been urging people to stay in air-conditioned buildings and take it easy. Temperatures in much of Missouri are expected to reach well into the upper 90s — and in many cases...

Green bloggers agree: environmental disaster looms large for Great Lakes

This frightening scenario could prove to be a much more realistic possibility than previously thought. The problems of global warming and pollution are being compounded by  a massive ecological upheaval due to an increase in invasive species sneaking into the Great Lakes...