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Dukono volcano (Halmahera Island, Indonesia): major ash plume reported, 45,000 ft altitude

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By: Volcanodiscovery.com, 12/18/2013

A major eruption might have occurred at the volcano this morning: an ash plume rising to 45,000 ft (14 km) altitude and extending more than 100 km to the NW was reported by VAAC Darwin at 07:32 GMT this morning.

 

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Strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits eastern Indonesia

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By: AFP, 12/02/2013

JAKARTA: A 6.3-magnitude quake hit off eastern Indonesia and East Timor on Sunday, seismologists said, but there was no tsunami alert or reports of damage or casualties. The quake struck at 10:24am local time (0124 GMT), 351 kilometres (217 miles) east-northeast of the East Timor capital Dili at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue any alerts following the tremor in the remote region at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago between the islands of Timor and New Guinea.

 

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Heavy torrential rain spurs landslide, killing 9 in Indonesia

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By: Associated Press, 12/02/2013

KARO, Indonesia (AP) Landslides triggered by torrential rain buried houses near a rumbling volcano in western Indonesia and searchers found nine bodies in the mud and water, a disaster official said Sunday. Four of the dead were children. Several houses were buried when mud gushed down the surrounding hills late Saturday into Gundaling village, about 12 kilometers (7.4 miles) east of Mount Sinabung volcano in North Sumatra province.

 

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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Halmahera, Indonesia

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By: Adonai, 11/19/2013

An earthquake with registered magnitude of 6.3 (USGS) struck Halmahera, Indonesia, on November 19, 2013, at 13:32 UTC. USGS measured depth at 63.6 km (39.5 miles), EMSC reports M 6.0 at depth of 67 km. Epicenter was located 110 km (68 miles) NNE of Tobelo, and 232 km (144 miles) NNE of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. GDACS estimated there are about 101 581 people living within 100 km radius.

 

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Death toll from Indonesian earthquake rises to 30

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Cortezjournal.com, By: Fakhrurradzie Gade, 07/04/2013

The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's Aceh province earlier this week has reached 30, and police and soldiers are searching the debris for another 12 people believed missing, officials said Thursday.

 

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said the main focus of recovery efforts Thursday was to search for more victims, assist the injured and provide supplies for those in need. He said 275 people were injured and more than 4,300 houses and buildings damaged in Tuesday's magnitude-6.1 quake.

 

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6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia

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By: Theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com, 07/06/2013

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July 6, 2013 – INDONESIA – A strong 6.4-magnitude quake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at a shallow depth of just 23kms (14 miles), off the west coast of the vast island and 154 kilometers southwest of Sungaipenuh and was later downgraded to a 6.0 event, said the USGS. Suharjono, an official from the local meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency who goes by one name, said there was no threat of a tsunami.

 

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Five dead, dozens injured in Indonesia quake

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Newsinfo.inquirer.net, By: Agence France-Presse, 07/01/2013

LAMPAHAN — A powerful earthquake in Indonesia’s Aceh province flattened buildings and sparked landslides Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens in a region devastated by the quake-triggered tsunami of 2004. The 6.1-magnitude quake struck inland at a depth of just 10 kilometers in the mountainous Bener Meriah district in the heart of Aceh, the US Geological Survey said.

 

It destroyed houses in the district, some 320 kilometers from the provincial capital Banda Aceh, and triggered several landslides. Police and troops were deployed to lead rescue efforts, as pictures showed the walls of houses reduced to rubble and roads badly damaged and blocked by landslips.

 

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