A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

The quake struck at 5:14 am (2314 GMT Friday) at

Indonesia's deputy energy minister, a key policy maker in the government's drive to tighten mining regulations, died after he collapsed while hiking on Saturday, a spokesman said.

"The president has

An FBI agent testifying in the trial of the suspected Bali bomb-maker said on Thursday the accused had been identified as an explosives expert by other Islamic militants and had planned to kill US tro

A moderate 5.9-magnitude quake struck Indonesia's Sunda Strait early on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage.

The qua

The powerful undersea earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra this week was a once in 2,000 years event, and although it resulted in only a few deaths, it increases the risks of a killer quake

One person was killed and four injured following massive earthquakes in Indonesia's Aceh on Wednesday, an official said here on Thursday.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of Data Center, Information and Pu

Five people were killed and four injured in Aceh province on Wednesday after two massive quakes struck off Indonesia, officials said on Thursday.

"Five people were killed, one in Banda Aceh, three in

Scientists had been expecting Wednesday's great earthquake off Sumatra but it occurred a little sooner, according to Arun Bapat, an Indian seismologist in Pune.

Bapat is one of the associate scientis

Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit waters off westernmost Aceh province.

The US Geological Survey said on Wednesday the quake was centre

A massive earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, US and Indonesian monitors reported, prompting a Indian Ocean-wide tsunami alert.