Most megathrust and tsunami earthquakes occur along Sumatra, some in Java, and quite a few in Eastern Indonesia ...

The loss of intertidal wetlands directly impacts ecosystem services such as water filtration, habitat for fisheries and ...

Coming in at number one is the sunny island of Sri Lanka, which has the lowest retirement age in the world at 55. Kakh ...

From remote islands to global accolades, how Satish Bhaskar’s tireless journey redefined turtle conservation in India and ...

Bookings at several travel agencies have dropped by up to 50 percent. A decline in bookings was also observed during the ...

In 2018, the Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia erupted violently, triggering a devastating tsunami that killed over 400 people. What many didn’t know at the time was that the volcano’s collapse had ...

A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...

We map the ocean depths, identify species ... In 1950, Markus Kailhulu was a 12-year-old living in the village of Hutumuri in Indonesia, when a tsunami hit the Moluccas. The villagers had evacuated to ...

BMKG analysis has determined that this earthquake poses no tsunami threat to the Indonesian region. Therefore, coastal communities throughout Indonesia are advised to ... in Buton Referring to the ...

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Margarettha Siregar, who helped respond to the disaster in Indonesia ... was flattened by the tsunami. It was like someone scratch the map. MCCAMMON: What was ...

United States Geological Survey USGS A map provided by the U.S. Geological ... with the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, in Indonesia, which was a much bigger magnitude, 9.1–9.3 ...

Tectonic map, megathrust zones ... it might result in a significant earthquake and possibly a tsunami. Indonesia’s high disaster risk has attracted scholars from all around the world ...