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The quake struck at 21:15 Jakarta time (1415 GMT) with epicenter at 52 km southeast of Melonguane in North Sulawesi and at 26 km in depth, an official of the agency said.2009-03-16T17:11+0100xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-7b3b861e985a26734efb700872dd560bNaturalDisasters20090316171100http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/415711/1/.htmlJAKARTA: A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the ocean between the Philippines and Indonesia on Monday, geologists said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.2009-03-16T17:01+0100channelnewsasiaenchannelnewsasia-4eea9b83cf7d1932aececfe403ad301cNaturalDisasters20090316170100http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/260116,strong-earthquake-strikes-islands-off-eastern-indonesia.htmlJakarta - An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck Monday evening off the northern tip of Indonesia's Sulawesi island, but there were no immediate reports of injury and damage, officials said. The quake at a depth of 35 kilometres near...2009-03-16T16:11+0100earthtimesenearthtimes-18279460b4d8573a8f5628ef6e099300NaturalDisasters20090316161100http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/15/content_11014876.htmJAKARTA, March 15 (Xinhua) -- A tectonic quake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Southwest Monokwari, West Papua, Indonesia, on Sunday, but there was no reports of casualties and material losses. The quake, which occurred at 4:54 a.m. local time (21:54 GMT)), had no potential to trigger a....2009-03-15T10:06+0100xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-481eea59a04c29f12c096d6ddc9a1eaaNaturalDisasters20090315100600http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=45275International medical organisation ending work in Indonesia Posted at 22:00 on 11 March, 2009 UTC After 14 years of humanitarian work in Indonesia, the international medical humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres will leave the country by the end of this month.2009-03-11T23:14+0100rnzienrnzi-27370ebdbf027512982f0eff776f3089NaturalDisastersHumanitarianAid20090311231400http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/baxter-and-its-foundation-contribute,743814.shtmlDEERFIELD, Ill. - Baxter International Inc. and The Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter, today announced their combined 2008 charitable giving, which focused on increasing access to healthcare, helping developing nations and countries in crisis, and addressing ot2009-03-10T14:01+0100earthtimesenearthtimes-84fec685ee531eee43d43e3a179883c4EchoHumanitarianAidAgriculturalTechnologyCommunicableDiseaseCasesCommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisastersPublicHealthClimateChangeBiotechnology20090310140100http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/07/content_10961843.htmJAKARTA, March 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted northeast of Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara Province in central Indonesia, on Saturday, the Indonesian meteorological and geophysics office said. The quake occurred at 8.36 a.m.2009-03-07T06:20+0100xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-d446d8a1935eb5134bf39484fe8474f6NaturalDisasters20090307062000http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6605934.htmlAn earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook Ternate, in Indonesia's North Maluku province on Wednesday morning, but there is no report of casualties and material losses. The quake occurred at 04:59:54 local time, Antara news agency quoted the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) as saying.2009-03-04T08:16+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-6a5609a404ce35e0c24e803d0c190ce9NaturalDisasters20090304081600http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/04/content_10941092.htmJAKARTA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook Ternate, in Indonesia's North Maluku province on Wednesday morning, but there is no report of casualties and material losses. The quake occurred at 04:59:54 local time, Antara news agency quoted the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) as saying.2009-03-04T06:05+0100xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-85f091f78858d778bf16d38e60d146a9NaturalDisasters20090304060500http://allafrica.com/stories/200903020427.htmlGeological convulsions, tempests, wild fires, hurricanes, tropical storms, landslides, floods and drought - dangerous natural disasters - have continued to deal out pain and misery in varying degrees to different segments of the universe at intervals. Either in the air, on land and in the sea, the....2009-03-02T10:20+0100allafricaenallafrica-8fa6b46d3167b69b4ff00ffc0cb2d1c4NaturalDisastersFoodSecurityFoodAidEnvironmentAgricultureClimateChangeCommunicableDiseaseCases20090302102000http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6603985.htmlIndonesia's Central Sulawesi city of Palu was hit by an earthquake on Monday morning, according to Indonesia's meteorology agency. The earthquake with magnitude of 5.7 struck Palu of Central Sulawesi province in eastern part of Indonesia on Monday morning, but no report of damage or casualties, the meteorology agency said.2009-03-02T07:45+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-fe4f1f5131c250535fce5c9a68e4a2abNaturalDisasters20090302074500http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/412431/1/.htmlJAKARTA: A moderate 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sulawesi island Monday, seismologists said, but there was no immediate report of casualties or damage and no tsunami warning.2009-03-02T04:20+0100channelnewsasiaenchannelnewsasia-c3ce70a950167b12988e9c993a697250NaturalDisasters20090302042000http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=RSSFeed-Common-Chunk-HT-UI-Common-LatestNews&id=cc5eec89-6dff-4030-9360-23f37ec9408a&Headline=Moderate+quake+hits+off+Indonesia%3a+seismologistsA moderate 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sulawesi island today, seismologists said, but there was no immediate report of casualties or damage and no tsunami warning.2009-03-02T04:00+0100HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-1e6d131811acb7278a72544b100cd9c6NaturalDisasters20090302040000