RESCUE workers called off the search yesterday for life under the rubble left by a massive earthquake, focusing instead on bringing aid to survivors in the towns and hills of western Indonesia, despite being hampered by torrential rains.

A tsunami warning was issued today after an earthquake of 6.3 on the Richter scale shook East Timor.

A strong earthquake hit the western coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island today, prompting authorities to temporarily issue a tsunami alert.

A strong undersea earthquake struck eastern Indonesia today, the US Geological Survey and local officials said.

A series of powerful earthquakes have struck Indonesia’s remote Papua province, killing up to 23 people, injuring as many as 600 and destroying hundreds of houses, authorities said.