Around 28,000 people have been evacuated from affected areas, say officials

The strong quake also caused power and phone service outages and landslides along roads

Death toll from earthquake in Indonesia climbs to 81

The crash probe was likely to take months, but a preliminary report was expected in 30 days

The recorder could supply critical clues as to why the aircraft plunged

Data recovered from crashed Indonesia jet's flight recorder

Earlier on Tuesday, more human remains were found at the crash site, as well as personal effects, such as wallets containing identification cards

The Boeing 737-500 plane plunged into the sea on Saturday, four minutes after it departed from Jakarta’s main airport and disappeared off radar screens

Indonesia retrieves crashed Sriwijaya Air plane's flight data recorder

The recording device was being transported to Jakarta’s port

A National Transportation Safety Committee official (L) and a search and rescue agency member on board the navy ship KRI Rigel inspect debris retrieved from the sea floor during the search and rescue operation for Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182 off the Jakarta coast, Indonesia, January 12, 2021.

Indonesia retrieves 'black box' from crashed Sriwijaya Air plane -official

Authorities have so far been unable to explain why the 26-year-old plane crashed just four minutes after takeoff, but say they've pinpointed the location of the black boxes

Divers team of Indonesian Navy find parts of plane wreckage of Sriwijaya Air in Thousand Islands waters

Crew on crashed Indonesian passenger jet did not declare emergency

Indonesian authorities said they had recovered pieces of wreckage and body parts on Sunday from the waters north of the capital where Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ 182 disappeared in rainy weather

Sri Lungdiyanti, 41, family member of a Sriwijaya Air passenger reacts after the Flight SJ182 Boeing 737-500, crashed after taking off, in Tegal, Central Java Province, Indonesia, January 10, 2021.

Still hoping: Indonesians await news of relatives on missing plane

Indonesia's aviation sector has long had a reputation for poor safety, and its airlines were once banned from entering US and European airspace

The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 went into a steep dive about four minutes after it left Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Jakarta on Saturday afternoon

Indonesia says located black box recorders from crashed plane

The Boeing 737-500, en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan, disappeared from radar screens after taking off just after 2.30 p.m.

A member of the rescue team looking for an Indonesian plane that lost contact after taking off from the capital Jakarta holds suspected debris, at sea, January 9, 2021.

Indonesian plane feared to have crashed with 62 aboard

Indonesia has secured more than 329 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, most notably from Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, and AstraZeneca

An officer moves a box of Sinovac's vaccine for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Biofarma to the pharmacy storage room of the local health department, as it is arrives in Semarang, Central Java province, Indonesia, January 4, 2021.

Indonesia says to start COVID-19 vaccinations programme next week

On Friday they arrived in western Indonesia’s Jambi province for medical checks

An orangutan, which was seized from the Thailand-Malaysia border 3 years ago, looks from a cage at Sultan Thaha Saifuddin Airport in Jambi before being released into the forest, in Indonesia December 18, 2020.

Smuggled orangutans start new life after repatriation to Indonesia

Police said four-year-olds Ung Aing and Natalee were supposed to be sold to a tourism business

Two Sumatran orangutans flew home from Thailand years after being captured and smuggled into the country

Two smuggled Indonesian orangutans fly home from Thailand

Joko Widodo: The Covid-19 vaccine for all citizens will be FREE

Widodo: There's no reason people shouldn't get the vaccine or doubt its safety

Indonesia's president to receive country's first Covid-19 vaccine shot

The doses arrived in Jakarta late Sunday on a flight from Beijing

The Indonesian Presidential Palace released pictures of the 1.2 million CoronaVac doses arriving in Jakarta

Death toll from earthquake in Indonesia climbs to 81

Data recovered from crashed Indonesia jet's flight recorder

Indonesia retrieves crashed Sriwijaya Air plane's flight data recorder

Indonesia retrieves 'black box' from crashed Sriwijaya Air plane -official

Crew on crashed Indonesian passenger jet did not declare emergency

Still hoping: Indonesians await news of relatives on missing plane

Indonesia says located black box recorders from crashed plane

Indonesian plane feared to have crashed with 62 aboard

Indonesia says to start COVID-19 vaccinations programme next week

Smuggled orangutans start new life after repatriation to Indonesia

Two smuggled Indonesian orangutans fly home from Thailand

Indonesia's president to receive country's first Covid-19 vaccine shot

Indonesia receives over a million Chinese Covid-19 vaccine doses

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Death toll from earthquake in Indonesia climbs to 81

Data recovered from crashed Indonesia jet's flight recorder

Indonesia retrieves crashed Sriwijaya Air plane's flight data recorder

Indonesia retrieves 'black box' from crashed Sriwijaya Air plane -official

Crew on crashed Indonesian passenger jet did not declare emergency

Still hoping: Indonesians await news of relatives on missing plane

Indonesia says located black box recorders from crashed plane

Indonesian plane feared to have crashed with 62 aboard

Indonesia says to start COVID-19 vaccinations programme next week

Smuggled orangutans start new life after repatriation to Indonesia

Two smuggled Indonesian orangutans fly home from Thailand

Indonesia's president to receive country's first Covid-19 vaccine shot

Indonesia receives over a million Chinese Covid-19 vaccine doses