Friday's announcement comes a day after authorities staged a dramatic rescue of 69 Rohingya who had been adrift at sea for weeks before the boat capsized, with many found clinging to the hull of the overturned vessel. 

The epicentre was located 132 km north of Tuban in East Java province, BMKG said.

The United Nations' refugee agency (UNHCR) estimates about 2,000 Rohingya have reached Indonesia since last October, among droves of the persecuted religious minority in Myanmar who fled to Indonesia over the past year, mostly to Aceh. 

Indonesia has a mammoth marine waste problem, ranking as one of the world's biggest contributors of plastic pollution and marine debris.

Teluk, located in Banten on the western edge of Java island, has one of the country's dirtiest beaches as villagers said that heavy rain has led to stronger tides, bringing more trash to shore.

The Iskandar Muda Military Command (Kodam) overseeing Aceh province is investigating allegations that an Indonesian Military (TNI) soldier and one civilian accomplice assaulted two local civilians, leaving them in critical condition.

Authorities in Demak and Kudus are rerouting traffic and assisting thousands of residents who have been affected by massive flooding over the weekend, while the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has reported that the disaster has affected more than a quarter of a million people in at least 10 regencies in the province.

As human-tiger conflict in Sumatra escalates into clashes between villagers and authorities, environmentalists are urging the government to take human-wildlife conflict prevention and resolution more seriously.

The city of Semarang in Central Java has been inundated following torrential rain on Wednesday and Thursday.

BMKG chair Dwikorita Karnawati said in a press briefing on Thursday that cities worst affected by flooding in the northern part of Central Java like Pekalongan, Semarang and Demak, also experienced severe cases of land subsidence.

Last year's dry season was the most severe since 2019 due to an El Nino weather phenomenon that lasted longer than usual, bringing a drought that hurt crops and exacerbated forest fires. 

Three crew members are missing after fishing vessel KM Sweet sank en route to Ambon city from Banda Neira Island. Five others were rescued on Wednesday.

Four people were attacked while farming inside the protected reserves of a national park in Lampung Province in recent weeks and officials vowed to capture the big cats responsible.

At least two people have died and hundreds have been displaced by severe flooding in several regions of Central Java and East Java, in the latest string of hydrometeorological disasters triggered by extreme weather.

The body of a 60-year-old man was evacuated from a trail on Mount Agung after it was found on Tuesday.

Large areas of Indonesia are prone to flooding and landslides during the wet season which starts around November.

The Defense Ministry reported that it has successfully harvested corn from nine hectares of food estate in Central Kalimantan.

The North Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office alleges the corruption has caused Rp 24 billion (US$1.54 million) in state losses.

The Pontianak Workers Social Security Agency (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan) advised oil palm companies to create a better labor protection system for their workers as social security coverage in the sector remains low.

Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka expresses optimism in adopting the United Kingdom’s downstreaming practices in Indonesia, enhancing local innovation and high-value production.

West Java reported that 874 hectares of rice fields suffered from crop failure due to extreme weather, which resulted in landslides, droughts and floods in the latest planting season.

In the Old Town, which is home to many colonial-era buildings, flooding to a depth of 50 centimeters has prevented motorists from traversing the area.

The boat with at least 35 crew capsized on Saturday in waters off the remote Selayar Islands in South Sulawesi Province before the 11 were found stranded on two separate atolls after days floating in the sea.

The SAR operation for the Smart Aviation plane that crashed in North Kalimantan last Friday concluded on Monday, after rescue personnel successfully recovered the aircraft's black box and emergency location transmitter (ELT).

The boat with 37 crew went down on Saturday near Selayar Island off South Sulawesi province, according to the search and rescue agency, with 11 survivors in life jackets spotted by fishermen only on Tuesday. Two other crew were found dead. 

Batam authorities deported on Tuesday Yusuke Yamazaki, a Japanese national on the Interpol Blue Notice, following his arrest in January in the Riau Islands.

A Lion Air plane flying from Surabaya to Jeddah was diverted to Kualanamu International Airport in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, on Monday, after the airspace over Sri Lanka was temporarily closed. 

Up to 100 people including divers were deployed on a search and rescue operation to find a Taiwanese national who went missing after a boat capsized in waters off Jakarta.

BNPB chief Suharyanto says landslides and flooding in West Sumatra had claimed a total of 30 lives as of Monday.

Rescue operations are continuing for several people still missing as a result of flooding and landslides in West Sumatra, while the National Disaster Mitigation Agency reported that the death toll had risen to 26 as of Monday.