The Dauphin HR-3604 helicopter of National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) lands at Tigaras Port, Lake Toba, after searching victims of MV Sinar Bangun in Simalungun, North Sumatra, Saturday (June 23).

Scan sonar detects object beneath Lake Toba

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SIMALUNGUN -- Scan sonar has detected objects in two locations at a depth of 490 meters in Lake Toba in North Sumatra on Sunday evening. chief of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) M Syaugi confirmed the findings."We still have to analyze the objects further but we have marked the locations," he said at Tiga Ras port...

Earthquake (Illustration)

5.5-magnitude quake hits North Sumatra

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted North Sumatra Province at 8.25 a.m. Western Indonesia Standard Time (WIB) on Friday, Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported. Based on an information on the BMKG website, the epicenter of the earthquake was located at 1.37 degrees Northern Latitude and99.19 degrees Eastern Longitude at a depth of 10...