August 20, 2026 9:15 am
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), according to the EMSC.
August 16, 2026 6:48 pm
A deadly 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia comes days after a powerful quake in Colombia, while Venezuela suffered devastating twin quakes in June. But does the timing signal a bigger seismic shift?
August 15, 2026 3:21 pm
The footage captures buildings collapsing into rubble as panicked residents flee into open streets.
August 16, 2026 4:49 am
The quake occurred at a depth of 168 kilometres (104.39 miles), with its epicentre located on land about 11 km southeast of Simalungun, according to the agency's statement.
September 19, 2025 12:13 pm
A 6.1 earthquake struck Indonesia’s Papua region Friday, toppling homes and Nabire’s main bridge.
July 14, 2025 1:21 pm
The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported that an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck the Tanimbar Islands region in Indonesia on Monday.
April 09, 2024 5:10 pm
There was no tsunami potential, Indonesia's geophysics agency BMKG said in a statement.
December 03, 2022 4:47 pm
Last month a shallow quake of 5.6 magnitude hit West Java's Cianjur, killing more than 300.
November 22, 2022 4:40 pm
The shallow 5.6-magnitude quake struck in mountains in Indonesia's most populous province of West Java, causing significant damage to the town of Cianjur and burying at least one village under a landslide.
January 14, 2022 8:28 pm
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.6 quake was located in the Indian Ocean about 88 kilometers (54 miles) southwest of Labuan, a coastal town in Banten province.
December 26, 2018 8:41 am
Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands and home to 260 million people, lies along the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.
August 06, 2018 10:13 am
At least 82 people were killed when Indonesia’s resort island of Lombok was hit by a powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Sunday, triggering widespread panic as thousands fled their homes for emergency shelters as buildings collapsed.

