Indonesia Earthquake: Tsunami Warning after Quake Near SumatraAn earthquake struck off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale. A tsunami warning has been issued.While the...
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Thousands of People Have Been Displaced After Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra Erupted For a Second Day It has not erupted for 400 years, but now Mount Sinabung has forced thousands from their homes, and it is...
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A 7.7 Earthquake Struck Northern Sumatra in Indonesia and Prompted Local Tsunami Warning At 22:15 local time on April 6 2010, a 7.7 (originally reported as a 7.8) magnitude earthquake struck Northern Sumatra...
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The death toll from the two earthquakes that struck the Sumatra region of Indonesia yesterday has now risen to above 1,100 people, according to the United Nations. Local officials say the death toll is at 770. Many more people have been injured. The first wave of...
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A second earthquake has struck Indonesia's Sumatra with a 7.0 Magnitude on thursday morning; no word yet on damages or casualities. It hit at 8:52am and its epicenter was about 6 to 15 miles deep making it a shallow earthquake, which means it could cause more damage. It...
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Krakatau (or Krakatoa), located in Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java, comes to life.
Volcano is active again spewing ashes in the sky. Lava can also bee seen trickling down the side of the new slopes that...
A 6.2 earthquake struck both the Republic of Vanuatu, in the South Pacific, and the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, July 27, 2009 (July 26 PST). The two earthquakes occurred about ten minutes apart, causing no serious damage in Vanuatu while the consequences of the quake in...
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Two rare Sumatran elephants were killed by single shots to the head and discovered near their rangers' camp near Kerinci National Park in Indonesia. They were used to patrol protected forests but it is thought...
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JAKARTA - More than 500 Kalimantan`s orangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus), one of the endangered species included in appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), are illegally traded in...
TANJUNG PUTING NATIONAL PARK, Indonesia - Hoping to unravel the mysteries of human origin, anthropologist Louis Leakey sent three young women to Africa and Asia to study our closest relatives: It was...
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2nd Tremor happened at Gurantalo Philippines southern border shortly after. Due to the recent activity, earthquake tremor systems are installed locally in Sumatra area and due to finish in the year 2010....
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The Greenpeace ship Esperanza has been in Indonesia for the past six weeks, documenting the threats facing the country's remaining areas of rainforest from illegal logging, palm oil and pulpwood plantations....
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There will be new measures put in place to conserve the numbers of tigers and elephants on the island of Sumatra.The Tesso Nilo National Park will be doubled in size, and is an important area of forest for both...
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Linked? .. keep try to find the answer and prove.. "National Police Chief Spokesman Insp Gen Abubakar Nataprawira said on Thursday the nine teror suspects arrested in South Sumatra during the past two days had...
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The terrorist... some that made Indonesia increasingly famous... ugh!"Palembang (ANTARA News) - Nine suspected terrorists, arrested on Wednesday by anti-terror police in Palembang, South Sumatra, were at 9 am on...
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