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Here are some of Indonesia’s major disasters since 2004:

2010
— October 25: A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake hits a remote island chain off western Sumatra, triggering a tsunami that kills 428 people and leaves 15,000 homeless. Another 74 people remain missing, feared dead.
— October 26: Mount Merapi erupts in central Java, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and killing more than 100 people as the volcano continues to erupt over the succeeding days
— October 4: Flash floods that strike a district in eastern Indonesia’s West Papua province kill at least 148 people.
— February 23: At least 85 are left dead or missing after a landslide near Bandung to the south of Jakarta.

2009
— November 8: A landslide in Palopo district, South Sulawesi province, kills at least 30 people.
— September 30: Earthquake hits near Padang city in Sumatra, killing at least 1,100 people.
— September 2: Quake rocks Java, killing at least 100.

2007
— December 26: More than 130 die in Java floods, landslides.
— July: Over 130 die in Sulawesi floods, landslides.
— March 6: Sumatra quake kills 73.
— February 1: Jakarta floods leave at least 80 dead.

2006
— December 24-29: More than 300 dead and missing after Sumatra floods, 350,000 left homeless.
— July 17: 650 die after an undersea quake strikes off Java, unleashing a tsunami.
— June 20-24: Sulawesi floods leave 350 dead and missing, 13,000 homeless.
— May 27: A quake in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta region kills 5,800 and leaves 1.5 million homeless.
— March 28: An 8.6-magnitude quake on Nias island kills at least 900.

2005
— February 21: A refuse landslide buries a shantytown southeast of Jakarta, killing more than 140.

2004
— December 26: An undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra island triggers a tsunami that kills 220,000 in countries around the Indian Ocean, including 168,000 in Indonesia.


Agence France-Presse