A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Sumatra island early Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey, killing at least one person and injuring dozens as locals rushed out of buildings seeking safety.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/death-toll-from-philippine-floods-landslides-rises-to-51/

A natural dancer, she travelled on a scholarship to a university in Padang Panjang in West Sumatra in 1999 to learn Indonesian dancing, a skill she was able to use dancing with asylum seekers when her husband was posted to Christmas Island.

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By early October, they had moved to a nearby island called Bintan, before making a 400-mile journey to Medan, a city of 2.4 million people in northern Sumatra.

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Dayna Thain, carnivore keeper at Chester Zoo, said: “These majestic animals are hanging on to survival by a thread in Sumatra.

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For the first time ever at a Dubbo Poultry Club Show, two new breeds were in attendance - a Sicilian Buttercup and a Sumatra chicken.

Source: https://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/8264610/keen-for-a-win-rare-breeds-ruffle-feathers-at-annual-poultry-show/?src=rss

In 2018, an overcrowded ferry with about 200 people on board sank in a lake in North Sumatra Province, killing 167 people.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/24/world/asia/indonesia-boat-missing.html

Indonesian rescuers have found the bodies of 11 climbers following the eruption of the Marapi volcano in West Sumatra, a spokesperson said on Monday, adding three climbers were found alive, reports citing CGTN.

Source: https://en.apa.az/asia/11-climbers-die-in-indonesia-after-volcano-erupts-3-survivors-found-417835

Rescuers have recovered the body of a man buried under tons of mud and rocks after flash floods and a landslide crashed on to a hilly village on Indonesia’s Sumatra island.

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The Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court that Surya had conspired with the elected head of Indragiri Hulu district in Sumatra, Raja Thamsir Rachman, in 2004 to secure plantation permits for Surya’s company, PT Duta Palma.

Source: https://southafricatoday.net/environment/indonesian-palm-oil-billionaire-gets-15-years-for-corruption/

The quake's epicentre was at sea southwest of Padangsidempuan city in northern Sumatra at a depth of 84 kilometres, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/61-magnitude-quake-strikes-indonesias-sumatra-island-usgs-3394291?cid=cna_flip_070214

There are believed to be less than 500 Sumatran tigers left in the wild where they are found in forested areas on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.

Source: https://communitynewspapers.com/featured/zoo-miami-tiger-in-serious-condition/