Indonesia earthquake: Chaos as tens of thousands flee, with almost 100 dead
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What Caused Massive Magnitude-7 Indonesian Earthquake?
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Residents look under the ruins of a mosque in Pemenang, North Lombok, Indonesia, on Aug. 6, 2018, the day after a 6.9/7-magnitude earthquake struck the area. Credit: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck right along the coast of the Indonesian … Read More
Indonesia raises aviation warnings after Sumatra volcano emits ash cloud
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia on Monday raised flight warnings around the Mount Sinabung volcano on Sumatra island to their highest level after it sent a towering plume of ash more than 7 kilometers (4.4 miles) into the air, its biggest … Read More
Indonesia suddenly hit by TWO huge EARTHQUAKES leaving ‘Ring of Fire on alert’
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INDONESIA has been struck by two earthquakes at a magnitude of 4.6 and 4.9 near the region of Poso and the Gulf of Tomini, that stirred worries alone the Ring of Fire that further quakes could follow, it has emerged. … Read More
M=6.4 Sumatra earthquake a possible aftershock of a 2007 M=8.4 quake
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Over the weekend, there was a M=6.4 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Despite the quake’s magnitude, because it struck offshore, 74 km from the city of Bengkulu, and at a depth of 36 km (according to the … Read More