TIMELINE: Key disasters in Indonesia since 2004

(Reuters) - Nearly 250 people are still missing from an Indonesian ferry which sank in heavy seas at the weekend, officials said on Monday, as bad weather hampered rescue efforts.

Following is a list of some transport and natural disasters to hit Indonesia since the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004:

Dec 26, 2004 - More than 170,000 Indonesians are killed or listed missing after a 9.15 magnitude earthquake off Indonesia's Aceh province on Sumartra triggers a tsunami. The toll in affected Indian Ocean countries reaches 230,000 dead.

Feb 21, 2005 - At least 96 are killed in landslides that sweep through two West Java villages near a garbage dump.

March 28, 2005 - Nearly 1,000 are believed killed after a quake of magnitude 8.7 hits the coast of Sumatra.

Sept 5, 2005 - Domestic airliner operated by local carrier Mandala Airlines crashes in a residential area of Indonesia's third-biggest city Medan, killing 102 aboard and 47 residents in an inferno on the ground.

May 27, 2006 - Earthquake rocks area around ancient royal city of Yogyakarta killing at least 5,000 and destroying or damaging 150,000 homes.

July 17, 2006 - A tsunami after a 7.7 magnitude quake in West Java province kills at least 550 people. At least 54,000 people are displaced.

Dec 30, 2006 - A ferry with at least 600 aboard sinks during a storm as it travels between Borneo and Java. About 250 survivors are eventually found in the days after the accident.

Jan 1, 2007 - An Adam Air passenger plane flying from Surabaya to Manado with 102 people aboard crashes into the sea off the west coast of Sulawesi.

Feb 22, 2007 - At least 42 people are killed when fire breaks out aboard a ferry heading from Jakarta to Bangka island off Sumatra.

March 6, 2007 - Two strong earthquakes kill at least 72 people and injure dozens in the West Sumatra provincial capital of Padang.

March 7, 2007 - Twenty-three people are killed after a passenger jet of national carrier Garuda Airlines overshoots the runway and bursts into flames on landing in the cultural capital of Yogyakarta.

July 24, 2007 - At least 60 people killed in landslides and floods caused by days of torrential rains in Indonesia's Sulawesi island.

Dec 26, 2007 - Landslides and floods triggered by heavy rain leave more than 120 people dead or missing and thousands homeless in villages near the Bengawan Solo river on Java island.

Jan 11, 2009 - Nearly 250 people missing after a ferry traveling from Pare-Pare on the west coast of Sulawesi to the city of Samarinda capsizes due to bad weather.