Strong Earthquake jolts Indonesia’s Sumatra
October 25, 2007 by admin · Leave a Comment
A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Thursday, October 25, 2007 - briefly triggering panic and a tsunami alert, the Indonesia meteorological Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika (BMG) agency said.
The quake struck in the Indian Ocean about 135 kilometres (84 miles) off the town of Bengkulu at 4:02 am (21:02 GMT Wednesday), at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), the BMG Bengkulu agency, Adjat Sudrajat said. (source: antara.co.id)
Jogjakarta Quake Death Toll Passes 5,427
May 30, 2006 by admin · Leave a Comment
Jogja quake toll jumps past 5,427 people and thousands more seriously injured after an earthquake flattened entire districts of Indonesia’s ancient royal city of Yogyakarta. The city of Bantul in east of Jogja city is heavily hit. Read more
Earthquake rocked Jogja in Central Java
May 27, 2006 by admin · Leave a Comment
Earthquake with 5.9 magnitude tremblor rocked in the early on Saturday, 27 May 2006 at 05:55 WIB (Fri, 21:55GMT) in Yogyakarta in Central Java, reported by an official at Semarang Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG). Read more
