A strong earthquake has killed at least eight people and injured more than 20 in Indonesia's main island of Java overnight.

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A powerful earthquake killed at least 162 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia's main island on Monday. Terrified residents fled into the street, some covered in blood and debris. Many of the dead ...

BANDUNG, Indonesia — Nineteen members of Indonesia's elite marine force are among 42 people missing after being swept away or buried by a deadly weekend landslide that tore through a mountainside in ...

Mount Semeru sent a column of volcanic ash roughly 15,000 feet into the sky above East Java on 29 May 2026, prompting the Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre to issue an aviation warning for one of ...

SURABAYA, Indonesia — Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies after a landslide struck vehicles on a hilly road on the country’s main island of Java, police said Friday. Torrential rains pushed mud, ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake shook the Indonesian island of Java on Tuesday, killing at least one person and damaging hundreds of homes. At least 20 people were injured, ...