2010
-- October 25: A powerful earthquake hits a remote island chain off western Sumatra, triggering a tsunami that officials say has killed hundreds.
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A day later Mount Merapi erupts in central Java, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee the country's most active volcano.
-- October 4: Flash floods that strike a district in eastern Indonesia's West Papua province kill at least 148
-- February 23: At least 85 are left dead or missing after a landslide near to 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: Over 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
