Fifty people were killed in a battle between Muslims and Christians in the Moluccas, said Indonesia's national police spokesman Brig. 50 Reportedly Killed in Moluccas Clash - Los Angeles Times ...

Indonesia's geophysics agency warned on Wednesday of possible aftershocks and tsunami potential after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit near the Moluccas islands, also known as the Maluku islands.

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake had struck the Moluccas islands in July, killing at least four people. The most devastating in recent Indonesian history was on Dec. 26, 2004, when a magnitude-9.5 quake ...

Rising tension in Moluccas and Sulawesi Fifteen big checkpoints have been set up in Palu. Meanwhile, in Ambon, violence has followed tension between police and army troops.

JAKARTA, June 16 - Hundreds of people near Indonesia's Moluccas islands rushed to higher ground on Wednesday (June 16)after an earthquake of magnitude 6.1, fearing aftershocks and a possible tsunami.