The 28 September 2018 magnitude 7.5 Palu, Indonesia earthquake (0.178°S, 119.840°E, depth 13 km) occurred at 1002 UTC. The major earthquake triggered catastrophic liquefaction, landslides, and a near-field tsunami that resulted in direct damage, impact, economic loss, and loss of life.
Winter weather battered the United States from coast to coast on Thursday Feb 11, 2021, as a series of storms expected to last for days mixed with an Arctic air mass to bring snow and freezing rain as far south as Texas, where six people died in a multi-vehicle pileup.
A line of freezing rain stretched from Texas to West Virginia, with some of it accumulating to one-quarter to one-half inch, according to meteorologist Marc Chenard at the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.
Mount Merapi (peak altitude 2,930 masl, as of 2010) is a volcano in the central part of Java Island and is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia. The southern slopes are in the administration of Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region, and the rest are in the Central Java Province, namely Magelang Regency on the west side, Boyolali Regency on the north and east side, and Klaten Regency on the southeast side. The forest area around the peak has been the Mount Merapi National Park area since 2004.
Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano on Java island erupted on Wednesday, sending up a cloud of ash and prompting authorities to warn of the risk of lava flows reaching roads, officials said.
Landslides occurred several times in a number of villages in Pujon, Ngantang and Kasembon Districts, Malang. Worst of all, it caused the Malang-Kediri road access to be cut off, covered by landslide material.
The landslide started on Tuesday (2/2) at 17.30 WIB. At that time, heavy rain flushed the Ngantang District. The rain caused a landslide in the cliffs in Jombok Krajan Hamlet, Jombok Village, Ngantang District.
An earthquake occurred in the city of Izmir, Turkey on October 30, 2020. An earthquake measuring magnitude (M) 7.0 struck the Aegean Sea. The quake was felt in the western part of Turkey and destroyed buildings in the coastal city there.
Earthquake disaster occurred in Mamuju-Majene, West Sulawesi, Indonesia on January 15, 2021
A volcanic disaster erupted at Semeru volcano in East Java, Indonesia which occurred on January 16, 2021
