A Look at Earthquakes in Indonesia*

By The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; 5:36 PM

-- A look at some earthquakes in Indonesia since 2000:

_ Aug. 8, 2007: A powerful undersea earthquake with a preliminary 7.5
magnitude strikes the capital of Jakarta, shaking tall buildings and
sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets.

_ March 6, 2007: A magnitude-6.3 earthquake strikes Sumatra island,
leaving at least 52 people dead and some 250 injured. Two hours later, a
6.1 aftershock rattled the region.

_ Jan. 21, 2007: A magnitude-7.3 earthquake in a regional capital on
Sulawesi island in northeastern Indonesia leaves four people dead and
four injured.

_ July 17, 2006: A magnitude-7.7 earthquake triggers a tsunami off of
Java island's southern coast, killing at least 600 people.

_ May 27, 2006: A magnitude-6.2 quake flattens homes and hotels near the
ancient central city of Yogyakarta, killing more than 3,000 and injuring
thousands.

_ March 28, 2005: A magnitude-8.7 quake strikes Nias and Simeulue
islands off the western coast of Sumatra, killing about 900 people and
flattening thousands of houses and bridges.

_ Dec. 26, 2004: A magnitude-9 earthquake ruptures the sea floor off
Sumatra island, triggering a tsunami that hits a dozen countries,
including Indonesia, where at least 131,029 are killed and tens of
thousands remain missing.

_ Nov. 26, 2004: A magnitude-6.4 earthquake rocks Indonesia's West
Papua, near Nabire, killing about 30 people and causing dozens of
buildings and homes to collapse.

_ Nov. 12, 2004: A magnitude-6 quake strikes off the eastern coast of
Alor island, about 1,000 miles east of Jakarta. At least 27 people are
killed and hundreds of buildings are damaged.

_ Feb. 6-7, 2004: A magnitude-6.9 quake on Feb. 6 and a magnitude-7.1
aftershock the following day kill 34 and devastate Nabire in remote
Papua province.

_ Nov. 2, 2002: A magnitude-7.7 earthquake rocks Indonesia's Sumatra
island, killing two people and injuring at least 40.

_ June 4, 2000: A magnitude-7.9 quake hits Bengkulu province, killing at
least 117 people and injuring about 1,900.

_ May 4, 2000: A magnitude-7.5 earthquake shakes Sulawesi province,
killing at least 35 people and injuring at least 148.