A powerful magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck near Indonesia’s Pulau Pulau Tanimbar region at a depth of 49.6 miles, causing ...

On December 26, 2004, at 7:58 a.m. Western Indonesian Time, the world was struck by one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history,the Aceh Tsunami. What began as an ordinary day for ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the coast of Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands region on Monday (July 14), the country's ...

Photos from AFP/Getty Images. In less than 24 hours, a tsunami crashed into a remote island chain and a volcano erupted in Indonesia, killing a combined total of more than 400 people and forcing ...

The number of reported natural disasters has steadily risen worldwide since 1980, and Asia-Pacific has been hardest hit. ... When the Asian tsunami hit in December 2004, Indonesia, ...