On September 2, a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck West Java province, killing at least 74 people and leaving 34 missing and feared dead after a landslide buried alive dozens of people. Hundreds of others were injured and tens of thousands of

homes were damaged.

Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago nation, sits along the Pacific Ocean's Ring of Fire, where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.

A major earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck in December 2004, leaving more than 170,000 people dead or missing in Indonesia's Aceh province. Half a million people were also left homeless.