A powerful earthquake in north-eastern Indonesia today caused panic, shook buildings on islands in the Maluku Sea, and triggered a brief tsunami warning.

A STRONG earthquake shook buildings in an Indonesian provincial capital yesterday, sending residents fleeing from their homes, witnesses said.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck under the sea of northeastern Indonesia today, damaging a church and injuring three people, the US Geological Survey and witnesses said.

Parts of a plane that crashed with 102 people on board have been found by fishermen or washed to shore in north-west Indonesia today, 10 days after the plane disappeared in stormy weather, officials said.

The US Navy will scour Indonesia’s western coast today for the wreckage of a Boeing 737 jet that disappeared in a storm more than a week ago with 102 passengers on board.

An hour after Adam Air Flight KI-574 took off on New Year’s Day with 102 passengers and crew for what should have been a short hop between Indonesian islands, the pilot reported heavy winds – then the plane disappeared.

A plane missing over Indonesia with 102 people on board did not send out distress signals or report mechanical problems before disappearing, a top aviation official said today, as search teams intensified their hunt for the Boeing 737.

Air-force planes took to the skies in search of a missing plane and navy ships scoured the sea today, one day after senior Indonesian officials wrongly said a crashed Boeing 737’s wreckage had been found and that a dozen people had survived.

Rescuers expanded their search for a missing plane to the sea today, after senior Indonesian officials mistakenly said yesterday that the Boeing 737’s charred wreckage had been found along with a dozen survivors.

INDONESIA’S transportation minister yesterday said rescuers had not found the wreckage of a missing passenger jetliner, despite earlier statements from aviation and police officials that it had been located.

Rescuers today found the smouldering wreckage of an Indonesian plane that crashed into mountains during a storm killing at least 90 people.

Officials said today that 90 people on board an Indonesian aeroplane which crashed yesterday were killed, while the remaining 12 on board survived.

An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 102 people disappeared in stormy weather today, and rescue teams were sent to search an area where military aviation officials feared the Boeing 737-400 aircraft may have crashed.

A commercial Adam Air passenger plane lost contact with flight controllers today as it flew between Indonesia's Java and Sulawesi islands, the company's chief executive said.

A strong earthquake rattled central Indonesia today, a meteorological agency said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi island today, triggering panic among some residents, meteorological officials said. There were no immediate reports of damage.

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi today, causing panic among residents in several cities but no injuries or damage were reported, government seismologists said.

A strong earthquake rocked parts of North Sulawesi province in north-eastern Indonesia early today, sending sleeping villagers running from their homes, officials and news reports said.

Two strong earthquakes shook several islands in northeastern Indonesia but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said today.

Twelve people were killed and dozens injured in two explosions that rocked a popular resort on the tourist island of Bali, police and hospital workers said tonight.