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58 Dead In Indonesian Flash Floods, Search On For 35 Missing
The search for 35 people who are still missing from flash floods and mudslides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province continued on Wednesday, authorities said, as the death toll from the weekend disaster rose to 58.
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6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Indonesia's Sumatra
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, triggering panic on the nearest island but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
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6.3 Magnitude Quake Hits Sumatra, No Tsunami Alert
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Tuesday, Indonesia's meterological, climatology and geophysical agency said in a tweet on its official account.
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5.9-Magnitude Quake Jolts Indonesia's Sumatra Island
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island in Bengkulu province today.
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Indonesia Lifts Tsunami Warning After Massive 7.8 Magnitude Quake
A massive and shallow earthquake struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra today, and there were early reports of deaths.
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10 Years After Tsunami, Indonesian Family Reborn
It all started with a dream that led to a chance meeting: A girl who had been swept away by the Indian Ocean tsunami a decade ago.
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Confirmed Death Toll in Malaysia Boat Accidents Rises to 16
Malaysian maritime authorities on Sunday recovered the body of an Indonesian woman, raising the confirmed death toll from two boat accidents to 16 with dozens of others still missing.
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Indonesia orders mass evacuation as alert raised on Sumatra volcano
Indonesia ordered the evacuation of 15,000 residents near an active volcano in the west of the vast archipelago on Sunday as authorities raised the alert for the emergency to the highest level.
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Indonesian landslides death toll rises to 19
A government official says rescuers have found three more bodies, bringing the death toll from a landslide in Indonesia's province of West Sumatra to 14, including four children. That raises the national toll to 19.
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Indonesian ferry collides with cargo ship; eight dead
A passenger ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank west of Indonesia's main island on Wednesday morning, and at least eight people were killed, officials said.
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6.6-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Wednesday, seismologists said, sending terrified residents fleeing from homes and buildings. The quake struck around 07:30 am (0030 GMT) some 300 kilometres (186 miles) southwest of Medan, the capital of North Sumatra province, at a depth of 45 kilometres, the US Ge...
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7.3 magnitude quake strikes off western Indonesia: USGS
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's northern Sumatra early on Wednesday, sending panicked residents onto the streets and in search of higher ground. Thousands on the island of Simeulue, 200 kilometres (124 miles) from the epicentre, ran from their homes as the ground shook.
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58 Dead In Indonesian Flash Floods, Search On For 35 Missing
The search for 35 people who are still missing from flash floods and mudslides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province continued on Wednesday, authorities said, as the death toll from the weekend disaster rose to 58.
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6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Indonesia's Sumatra
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, triggering panic on the nearest island but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
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6.3 Magnitude Quake Hits Sumatra, No Tsunami Alert
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Tuesday, Indonesia's meterological, climatology and geophysical agency said in a tweet on its official account.
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5.9-Magnitude Quake Jolts Indonesia's Sumatra Island
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island in Bengkulu province today.
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Indonesia Lifts Tsunami Warning After Massive 7.8 Magnitude Quake
A massive and shallow earthquake struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra today, and there were early reports of deaths.
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10 Years After Tsunami, Indonesian Family Reborn
It all started with a dream that led to a chance meeting: A girl who had been swept away by the Indian Ocean tsunami a decade ago.
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Confirmed Death Toll in Malaysia Boat Accidents Rises to 16
Malaysian maritime authorities on Sunday recovered the body of an Indonesian woman, raising the confirmed death toll from two boat accidents to 16 with dozens of others still missing.
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Indonesia orders mass evacuation as alert raised on Sumatra volcano
Indonesia ordered the evacuation of 15,000 residents near an active volcano in the west of the vast archipelago on Sunday as authorities raised the alert for the emergency to the highest level.
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Indonesian landslides death toll rises to 19
A government official says rescuers have found three more bodies, bringing the death toll from a landslide in Indonesia's province of West Sumatra to 14, including four children. That raises the national toll to 19.
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Indonesian ferry collides with cargo ship; eight dead
A passenger ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank west of Indonesia's main island on Wednesday morning, and at least eight people were killed, officials said.
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6.6-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Wednesday, seismologists said, sending terrified residents fleeing from homes and buildings. The quake struck around 07:30 am (0030 GMT) some 300 kilometres (186 miles) southwest of Medan, the capital of North Sumatra province, at a depth of 45 kilometres, the US Ge...
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7.3 magnitude quake strikes off western Indonesia: USGS
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's northern Sumatra early on Wednesday, sending panicked residents onto the streets and in search of higher ground. Thousands on the island of Simeulue, 200 kilometres (124 miles) from the epicentre, ran from their homes as the ground shook.
