Jakarta: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern tip of Sumatra on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological ...

A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, sending strong tremors through the region but prompting no tsunami warning as authorities report no immediate major damage or ...

STORY: Siddiq would have been 26 years-old. But 20 years ago, he and his mother, Saudah were swept inland by a vicious tsunami, which separated them. She lost Siddiq. “This is the mosque where I was ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - In front of Saudah's house on Indonesia's Sumatra island lie two damaged coast guard ships, washed ashore by a tsunami 20 years ago and a daily reminder that her ...

PALU, Indonesia -- Rescue officials feared the full scale of Indonesia's earthquake and tsunami could climb far past the more than 800 already confirmed dead, as several large coastal towns remained ...

The system wasn't working when a tsunami struck Sunday, killing hundreds. Tsunamis have devastated the shorelines of Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries before, but the subsequent deaths and ...

An unpredictable chain of events and an inadequate early warning system combined to deadly effect with the tsunami that slammed into coastal areas of Indonesia killing nearly 300 people, disaster ...

TANJUNG LESUNG, Indonesia — Efforts to collect hundreds of bodies and save the injured were stepped up in Indonesia on Monday following the country's latest tsunami, as scientists collected evidence ...

Thanks to the GITEWS early warning system developed under the leadership of the GFZ from 2005 to 2008, it is now not only the Indian Ocean that is better prepared for such natural hazards. The ...

Efforts to collect hundreds of bodies and save the injured were stepped up in Indonesia on Monday following the country's latest tsunami, as scientists collected evidence on how a volcanic eruption ...

TANJUNG LESUNG, Indonesia -- Body bags were laid out along the shattered coastline as Indonesian authorities stepped up efforts to collect the dead and save the injured Monday in the aftermath of a ...