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Eartquakes






--------  2 September 2009  --------


    7.3 shock: An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale jolted the southern part of West Java at 2:55 p.m. on Wednesday, 2 sep 2009. The tremor was felt as far as Jakarta and Yogyakarta in Central Java. (The Jakarta Post)


















    --------  4 January 2009  --------



















    DISASTER AFTERMATH: Residents inspect a collapsed hotel after an earthquake struck in Manokwari, Papua province, Indonesia, Sunday. A series of powerful earthquakes at dawn killed at least three people and injured dozens more in remote eastern Indonesia on Sunday, cutting power lines and badly damaging buildings. (AP/Budi Setiawan)