Yogyakarta (Indonesia): Following is a list of some of the disasters, man-made and natural, to hit Indonesia since the Asian tsunami of 2004.
December 26, 2004 - Nearly 132,000 Indonesians are killed and over 37,000 listed as missing after a 9.15 magnitude earthquake off Indonesia and a tsunami triggered by it in the Indian ocean region. The global toll reaches nearly 230,000 dead with over 43,000 missing.
February 21, 2005 - At least 96 people are killed in landslide that sweeps through two West Java villages near a garbage dump.
March 28, 2005 - Nearly 1,000 people are believed killed after quake of magnitude 8.7 hits the coast of Sumatra.
May 28, 2005 - Explosion rocks a market in eastern Indonesian town of Tentena, on island of Sulawesi, killing 22 people.
July 20, 2005 - Indonesia confirms first deaths from bird flu, saying tests on a father and his two young daughters show they had virus. To date there have been 35 Indonesian deaths from bird flu, 24 of them this year.
September 1, 2005 - Landslide on island of Sumatra kills 14 and leaves more than a dozen missing.
September 5, 2005 - Domestic airliner operated by local carrier Mandala Airlines crashes in residential area of Indonesia's third biggest city Medan, killing 102 aboard and 47 local residents in an inferno on the ground.
October 1, 2005 - Three bombs rip through popular tourist areas on Indonesian resort island of Bali, killing 23 people, including three suicide bombers. Around 150 are wounded in attacks at Jimbaran beach and Kuta beach. Attacks came almost three years after 202 people, mainly tourists, are killed in another bombing.
December 31, 2005 - Bomb packed with nails explodes in crowded Christian market selling pork ahead of New Year celebrations in eastern Indonesian city of Palu, capital of volatile Central Sulawesi province, killing seven people and wounding 53.
May 15, 2006 - Mount Merapi volcano erupts with clouds of hot gas and rains ash on surrounding areas, sending some nearby villagers who had been reluctant to leave scurrying for safety.
May 27, 2006 - Earthquake rocks area around ancient royal city of Yogyakarta killing at least 2,700 people.
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