Padang and West Sumatra province were struck by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in 2009 that killed more than 1,100 people, injured many more and caused widespread destruction.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Indonesia's Northern Sumatra province on Saturday, killing one, said the country's meteorology and geophysics agency, BMKG.

In February, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed at least 25 people and injured more than 460 in West Sumatra province. In January 2021, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed more than 100 people and ...

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Tuesday, but there were no reports of casualties or damage and a tsunami warning issued after the powerful undersea tremor was ...

A tsunami warning was triggered after a powerful earthquake struck on Australia’s doorstep, west of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island.

This latest earthquake comes just over 20 years after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami which struck 242km north of Sumatra's coast. It struck at a depth of 41km on December 26, 2004.

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 ...

At least 162 dead after earthquake topples homes, ... In February, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed at least 25 people and injured more than 460 in West Sumatra province.

A deadly earthquake shook Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, ... A magnitude 6.2 earthquake in February killed at least 25 people and injured more than 460 in West Sumatra province.

Wrecked houses in Valdivia, Chile after the 1960 earthquake. (Image credit: USGS) Approximately 1,655 people died in the largest earthquake ever recorded, which struck Valdivia, Chile, on May 22 ...

On Monday, an earthquake hit Cianjur in Indonesia’s West Java province at about 1:21 p.m. local time. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports that it was at a depth of 6.2 miles ...