Powerful quake rattles Indonesia’s Sumbawa Island

October 23rd, 2009 Strong earthquake rocks eastern Indonesia\JAKARTA, Indonesia — A strong earthquake shook eastern Indonesia's remote Papua province Friday, sending panicked resident fleeing outdoors and reportedly toppling a building. There were no immediate reports of injuries in the eastern province.

October 15th, 2009 JAKARTA - A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi island Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake struck at 2.33 am (1833 GMT Thursday) at a depth 10 km, the USGS said.

October 13th, 2009 JAKARTA - An undersea earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck Tuesday off the northern tip of Sulawesi island, but there were no immediate reports of injury and damage, meteorologists said. The quake at a depth of 18 km near the Talaud islands between Sulawesi and the southern Philippines occurred at 6.38 p.m., the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.

October 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An earthquake measuring 7.8 magnitude struck early Thursday local time about 294 km north-north-west of Santo in the Pacific island country of Vanuatu, US meteorologists said.

September 18th, 2009 Indonesian quake injures 7 on Bali resort islandBALI, Indonesia — A strong earthquake shook the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali early Saturday, injuring at least seven people and sending panicked tourists and residents fleeing out of homes and hotels. No tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of major damage.

September 12th, 2009 Moderate earthquake rattles Venezuela's capitalCARACAS, Venezuela — An earthquake rattled Venezuela's capital Saturday, but there were no reports of major damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 for the quake, saying the epicenter was off Venezuela's Caribbean coast 65 miles (110 kilometers) west of Caracas.

September 2nd, 2009 JAKARTA, Indonesia — A powerful underwater earthquake shook southern Indonesia Wednesday, damaging buildings near the epicenter and causing panicked office workers to run onto the streets more than a hundred miles (160 kilometers) away in the capital, Jakarta, witnesses and local media said. A tsunami alert was issued, but revoked less than an hour later.

September 2nd, 2009 An overview of deadly Indonesian earthquakesA look at some earthquakes in Indonesia since 2000: — Sept. 2, 2009: A magnitude-7.0 quake damages thousands of buildings across densely populated Java island, killing at least 46 and injuring more than 100.

August 22nd, 2009 Minor earthquake rattles central AlaskaANCHORAGE, Alaska — A small earthquake has shaken central Alaska. The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a magnitude 3.6 temblor struck at 9:46 p.m.

August 19th, 2009 Earthquake rattles Anchorage, southcentral AlaskaANCHORAGE, Alaska — A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has rattled buildings in Anchorage. The temblor at 10:19 a.m.

August 4th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - A powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale rattled northwestern Mexico Monday, but there was no report of any casualty, officials said. The quake struck at 1:00 p.m.

July 27th, 2009 JAKARTA - An undersea earthquake registering 6.1 on the Richter scale struck Monday morning on the western coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, the Indonesian seismologist agency said. The quake struck at 6.10 a.m.

July 22nd, 2009 WELLINGTON - An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale Wednesday pushed the South Island of New Zealand closer to Australia, scientists said. The epicenter of the quake was located at the Fiordland region of South Island.

July 13th, 2009 JAKARTA - An undersea earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck off the eastern Indonesian island of Sumba late Monday afternoon, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, meteorologists said. The quake hit at a depth of 86 km with its epicentre about 107 km northwest of Waingapu, a district town on Sumba island in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province.

April 16th, 2009 JAKARTA - An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale Thursday jolted the western parts of Indonesia, the meteorology agency said. The quake occurred at 3.01 a.m., with its epicentre 32 km southwest of Mentawai island in Sumatra province, the agency said.