MEDAN: Two powerful earthquakes hit North Tapanuli regency in North Sumatra on Tuesday (March 18) morning, triggering a ...

According to Pasaribu, reports indicate that one elderly woman, Kartini Manalu (70), a resident of Hutabarat Village, Lumban ...

Twin earthquakes or doublet quakes result in a number of aftershocks. Here is the data on the damages and casualties caused.

Around 70 people died in May last year after heavy rains caused flash floods in West Sumatra, pushing a mixture of ash, sand and pebbles from the eruption of Mount Marapi into residential areas.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency’s (BMKG) director for earthquakes and tsunamis Daryono said the first earthquake struck at 5:22 a.m. with a magnitude of 5.5, followed by a second ...