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☆ Indonesia police station blast kills one, injures several
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Policemen stand guard at the site of a blast at a police station in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, December 7, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Footage from Metro TV showed damage to the police station, with some debris from the building on the ground and smoke rising from the scene. Islamic militants have carried out attacks in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, including at churches, police stations and venues frequented by foreigners. In an efforts to crack down on militants, Indonesia created a tough new anti-terrorism law in recent years after suicide bombings linked to the Islamic State-inspired Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD). Reporting by Ananda Teresia; Editing by Ed Davies and Gerry DoyleOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ So Hot Right Now: 5 Volcano Vacations to Add to Your Bucket List
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Andrew Nelson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“FIRE OF LOVE,” the Oscar-nominated 2022 documentary about two star-crossed volcanologists, reflects our fascination with the earth’s eruptions. “Working on the film, I visited two volcanoes—Fagradalsfjall on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, and Anak Krakatau, off the coast of West Java,” said Sara Dosa, director and producer of the National Geographic documentary. “We were awestruck by the molten rivers pouring down the mountainside—a seemingly surreal color of orange.”Elsewhere, Kilauea’s fireworks on the Big Island of Hawaii kicked off 2023 and, on screens, Sicily’s Mt. Etna loomed as a backdrop for the sexual shenanigans in “The White Lotus.”

Mount Semeru, which lies around 640 kilometers (400 miles) southeast of the capital Jakarta, began erupting at 2:46 a.m. local time Sunday (2:46 p.m. Pyroclastic flow rolls down the slope of Mount Semeru during an eruption in Lumajang, East Java. Standing at 3,676 meters (12,060 feet), Mount Semeru is the tallest volcano on Java – and one of its most active ones. People take shelter at a community hall in Candipuro village following Mount Semeru's volcanic eruption in Lumajang, East Java on December 4, 2022. Rescue workers monitor the flow of volcanic materials from the eruption of Mount Semeru, in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, on December 4, 2022.

☆ Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Indonesia's West Java
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JAKARTA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A quake of 6.1 magnitude hit Indonesia's West Java area on Saturday, the country's geophysics agency BMKG said, sending people running out of buildings. Some residents of other towns and cities in West Java said on social media they felt the quake strongly. A Reuters witness in Bandung, the capital of West Java province, said guests of a hotel ran out of the building but had since returned inside. Last month a shallow quake of 5.6 magnitude hit West Java's Cianjur, killing more than 300. BMKG reported a smaller 2.9 magnitude quake at 107 km depth hit near the first quake over an hour later.

CNN —An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude hit Indonesia’s West Java province on Saturday, the country’s geophysics agency BMKG said. According to the BMKG, the epicenter of the earthquake was on land and there is no potential for a tsunami. “In response to the earthquake that happened earlier, once again, remain calm, alert but there is no need to stop your daily activities,” Suharyanto said. It comes after a deadly magnitude-5.6 earthquake shook West Java on November 21, with a final death toll of 334. Suharyanto said 56,320 houses were damaged in that quake, more than a third of them badly.

☆ Indonesians pray outdoors after deadly quake destroys town
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Stefanno Sulaiman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Muslim men pray during Friday prayers at a volleyball field, as their nearest mosque was damaged following Monday's earthquake, in Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, November 25, 2022. I asked the congregation to stay on guard because disaster might strike again," Muhamad, 52, said. "Prayer still needs to go on, even though we are in a shelter, prayer is an obligation," he said. Monday's quake was particularly deadly because it struck a densely populated area at a depth of just 10 km. Additional reporting by Ananda Teresia; Writing by Stanley Widianto; Editing by Kanupriya KapoorOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Trawling through the debris, a teacher asked whose child had worn pink to school that day. "It turned out that that was my daughter," said Rian, her face stricken with grief at the loss of her 8-year-old child, Vira. At Tarbiyatussibyan Al Badruniyah Islamic school in Cianjur, Vira was among 20 students killed when the 5.6-magnitude quake shattered the town, reducing some homes and schools entirely to rubble. The quake hit just after 1.30 p.m., when many children were about to start their lesson in the Islamic school. "When the quake happened, the school building suddenly collapsed; the second floor just caved in," said Siti Maemun, a Koranic recital teacher at the school.

☆ Traumatised relatives await news of missing in quake-hit Indonesia
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Stefanno Sulaiman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

CIANJUR, Indonesia, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Traumatised relatives awaited news on Wednesday of the fate of loved ones missing after an earthquake shattered a town in Indonesia's West Java on Monday, with more heavy machinery deployed to clear landslides that have buried villages. The death toll from Monday's 5.6-magnitude quake in Cianjur has continued to rise as the full extent of the disaster has emerged. Authorities say 268 are now confirmed dead, up from about 160 on Tuesday, and more than 150 are missing. "If it was just an earthquake, only the houses would collapse, but this is worse because of the landslide," said Zainuddin, who was searching for six missing relatives. "The first priority is to make sure that badly injured patients are being taken care of so they can survive."

☆ Indonesia Earthquake Death Toll Rises to at Least 268
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The death toll from the 5.6-magnitude earthquake that shook Indonesia’s main island of Java on Monday rose to at least 268, the country’s disaster-management agency said, as search-and-rescue teams continued to find bodies under wrecked buildings. The quake caused large-scale destruction in the Cianjur area of West Java and was felt as far away as the capital, Jakarta, around 40 miles northwest. It occurred at a shallow depth of 6.2 miles, leading to violent shaking at the surface.

☆ After Deadly Indonesia Earthquake, Rescue Workers Search for Survivors
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A cat being rescued from a damaged home in the Cianjur area of Indonesia’s West Java on Tuesday. Rescue teams continued their search for survivors a day after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing dozens of people, triggering landslides and causing extensive damage to homes. The governor of West Java said late Monday that at least 162 people had died and hundreds more were injured. The death toll was expected to rise, authorities said, as teams expand their area of operations and continue to find bodies under wrecked buildings.

☆ Death toll from Indonesia's earthquake rises to 252 - local government
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Indonesian Army officers stand as they evacuate people from the site of a landslide caused by the earthquake in Cugenang, Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar UlfianaJAKARTA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's Cianjur town in western Java has risen to 252, the local government said in an Instagram post on Tuesday. It also said 31 people are still missing and 377 were injured, while the number of people displaced has reached 7,060. Reporting by Ananda Teresia and Gayatri Suroyo; Editing by Kanupriya KapoorOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

The 45-year-old had spent hours walking to the district of Cugenang where his relatives lived until disaster struck on Monday. The death toll from the quake in Indonesia's most populous province of West Java was 252 and expected to rise, officials said. Everything was buried," Aris said, gesturing at a huge mound of brown earth where his brother's home had stood. The shallow quake that struck in a mountainous area early on Monday afternoon triggered a landslide that authorities say has buried at least one village. Indonesia rescue members carry a victims body from the site of a landslide caused by the earthquake in Cugenang, Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, November 22, 2022.

☆ Indonesian rescue workers race to find victims trapped by deadly quake
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Medical workers treat a victim outside the district hospital after earthquake hit in Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, November 21, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. The epicentre of the shallow 5.6-magnitude quake was close to the town of Cianjur in a mountainous area of Indonesia's most populous province. Authorities were operating "under the assumption that the number of injured and death will rise with time", he said. The national disaster agency (BNPB) said it had confirmed the deaths of 62 people, but had not verified 100 additional victims. On Tuesday, officials were working to reach the area of Cugenang, which had been blocked off by a landslide.

☆ Rescuers navigate toppled buildings after earthquake kills at least 162 people in Indonesia
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Villagers salvage items from damaged houses on Nov. 22, 2022 following a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 162 people in Cianjur, Indonesia. Rescuers on Tuesday struggled to find more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by an earthquake that killed at least 162 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia's main island of Java. 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 injured nearly 6,500 in West Sulawesi province. A powerful Indian Ocean quake and tsunami in 2004 killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia.

☆ Indonesia Earthquake Kills at Least 56 and Injures More Than 700
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Dave Sebastian | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Rescuers helped a man hurt in the 5.6-magnitude earthquake that hit Cianjur, Indonesia, on Monday. An earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java on Monday, leaving at least 56 people dead, around 700 injured and hundreds of buildings damaged, officials said. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was centered in the Cianjur area in West Java at a shallow depth of 6.2 miles, according to Indonesia’s meteorological agency. The temblor didn’t have the potential to create a tsunami, the agency said.

☆ Indonesia Earthquake Kills at Least 162, Damages Thousands of Homes in Java
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Dave Sebastian | Fadiyah Alaidrus | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java on Monday, leaving at least 162 people dead, hundreds injured and thousands of homes damaged, a senior official said. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was centered in the Cianjur area in West Java at a shallow depth of 6.2 miles, according to Indonesia’s meteorological agency. The temblor didn’t have the potential to create a tsunami, the agency said.

☆ More than a dozen killed in Indonesia's 5.6 magnitude quake, local official says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

JAKARTA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - More than a dozen people were killed in a 5.6-magnitude quake that rattled Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, a local official said. Herman Suherman, a government official from Cianjur, the town in West Java where the epicentre of the quake was located, told news channel MetroTV that up to 20 people had died at one hospital in the area. Reporting by Gayatri Suroyo; Writing by Kate Lamb; Editing by Kanupriya KapoorOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Tremors felt in Indonesia capital after earthquake in West Java
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] People gather as they are evacuated outside a building following an earthquake in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar UlfianaJAKARTA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattled the Indonesian capital Jakarta for several seconds on Monday, the weather and geophysics agency (BMKG) said. The epicentre was on land in Cianjur in West Java, about 75 km southeast of Jakarta, and at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), BMKG said, adding there was no potential for a tsunami. Muchlis, who was in Cianjur when the quake hit, said he felt "a huge tremor" and the walls and ceiling of his office building were damaged. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded the earthquake at a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale.

More than 22,000 homes were destroyed and over 58,000 people have been displaced, BNPB Major General Suharyanto said on Tuesday. “The majority of those who died were children,” West Java’s governor, Ridwan Kamil, told reporters Monday, adding the death toll was likely to increase further. “So many incidents occurred at several Islamic schools.”Villagers salvage items from damaged houses following a 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Cianjur on November 22, 2022. “We hug each other, strengthen each other, and continue to pray.”Municipality officers in Cianjur evacuate an injured colleague following the earthquake. Workers inspect a school damaged in the earthquake in Cianjur, West Java.

CIANJUR, Indonesia, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake killed more than 160 people in Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, with rescuers searching for survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks. The epicentre of the 5.6 magnitude quake was near the town of Cianjur in mountainous West Java, about 75 km (45 miles) southeast of the capital, Jakarta. West Java governor Ridwan Kamil said on Instagram that 162 people had been killed and 326 were injured. [1/5] Medical workers treat the victims outside the district hospital after earthquake hit in Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, November 21, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off Sumatra island in northern Indonesia triggered a tsunami that struck 14 countries, killing 226,000 people along the Indian Ocean coastline, more than half of them in Indonesia.

☆ Strong quake topples houses on Indonesia’s Java island killing at least 56
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Employees gather outside a office in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia on November 21, 2022, shortly after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Cianjur Regency, West Java. Residents, some crying with children in their arms, fled damaged homes after the magnitude 5.6 quake shook the Cianjur region in West Java province in the late afternoon, at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). 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 injured nearly 6,500 in West Sulawesi province. A powerful Indian Ocean quake and tsunami in 2004 killed nearly 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia.

"We’ve built a platform for cooperation that can truly transform Indonesia’s power sector from coal to renewables and support significant economic growth," U.S. Special Envoy on Climate Change John Kerry said. EARLIER, LOWER PEAKThe Treasury official said that the peak power emissions for Indonesia in 2030 under the plan would be at a level 25% lower than their currently estimated peak in 2037. Indonesia's annual emissions reduction over those years would be larger than Britain's annual power sector emissions, the official said. U.S., JAPAN LEADThe United States and Japan are co-leading the effort with Indonesia on behalf of the other G7 democracies Britain, Canada, France, Germany Italy, as well as partners Norway, Denmark and the European Union. On Monday, Japan announced it would help Indonesia transition away from coal power through public and private institutions, including the state-affiliated Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

☆ Indonesia, ADB launch first coal power plant retirement deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( David Lawder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] A man stands on an escalator ahead of the G20 summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, November 13, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar UlfianaNUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Indonesia, the Asian Development Bank and a private power firm are teaming up to refinance and prematurely retire a coal-fired power plant, the first such project under a groundbreaking carbon emissions reduction programme, they announced on Monday. The Manila-based multilateral lender and Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati announced the MOU with independent power producer Cirebon Electric Power in Bali on the sidelines of the G20 leaders summit. ADB also said a number financial firms and philanthropic groups have expressed interest in participating in the transaction. The ADB officials said they expect the Cirebon deal to give private investors more confidence to explore future participation, and that the development finance institution's leadership may help shield them from any negative public perceptions regarding new investments in coal financing.

☆ EXCLUSIVE Indonesia, ADB launch first coal power plant retirement deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( David Lawder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] A man stands on an escalator ahead of the G20 summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, November 13, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar UlfianaNUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Indonesia, the Asian Development Bank and a private power firm are teaming up to refinance and retire early the first coal-fired power plant under a groundbreaking new carbon emissions reduction project that moves from concept to reality on Monday. The Manila-based lender and Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati are set to announce the MOU with independent power producer Cirebon Electric Power on Monday in Bali on the sidelines of the G20 leaders summit. "With this announcement, we're taking the first steps in what was an ambitious project and making it real," he added. ADB also said a number financial firms and philanthropic groups have expressed interest in participating in the transaction.

☆ Indonesia's Adaro signs MoU with Hyundai for aluminium supply
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Indonesian metals company PT Adaro Minerals Indonesia, Tbk has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea's Hyundai Motor Company on aluminium supply for automobile manufacturing, Adaro said in a statement on Sunday. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. Under the MoU, Hyundai would secure the right to purchase aluminium produced by Adaro's subsidiary PT Kalimantan Aluminum Industry at an early stage of production, the statement said. Adaro Minerals is a unit of Indonesia's second-largest coal miner Adaro Energy. Reporting by Fransiska Nangoy and Ananda Teresia; Editing by Kanupriya KapoorOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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