Over the past few generations, the world has experienced countless devastating natural disasters; but few are as sudden and ...

JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- A 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia's northwestern island of Sumatra early Wednesday, prompting a brief tsunami warning and sending residents rushing for higher ground.

(Adds no tsunami in Indonesia, Malaysia report) By Ahmad Pathoni JAKARTA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake measuring 8.2 struck Indonesia's Sumatra region on Wednesday, triggering tsunami ...

The death toll from Indonesia's quake and tsunami disaster has soared to 832 and could climb higher, the disaster agency said ...

Indonesias earthquake-sensitive Sumatra Island was hit by an earthquake of a devastating scale April 4. The 7.3 magnitude ...

President Joko Widodo was staying overnight at a hotel in Medan in North Sumatra and was safe, palace officials said. A Medan resident said he didn't feel the quake. Indonesia, Australia issue tsunami ...

(Recasts with tsunami warning lifted, adds quotes, details) JAKARTA, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck west of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Monday, triggering panic and a brief tsunami ...

Several days of extreme rainfall beginning March 7 triggered fatal flash flooding across Indonesia’s West Sumatra province, resulting in at least 30 deaths and devastating villages on the fringe of ...

LHOKNGA, Indonesia (AP) — Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has transformed her resilience into purpose. Defying Aceh’s ...

Scientists working to enhance early warning systems for tsunamis originating from Sumatra-Andaman subduction zone, aiming to reduce the warning time to less than five minutes.

That’s how Vasily Titov, a scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Center for Tsunami Research described the aftermath of the largest tsunami on record, triggered by a 9.1 ...