Sept 12 (Reuters) - A powerful quake measuring 7.9 struck near Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday triggering tsunami warnings throughout the region, officials said. Here is a list of major earthquakes to hit Indonesia in recent years: * Dec. 12, 1992 - A quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale kills at least 2,200 on a string of islands in the province of East Nusa Tenggara. * Dec. 26, 2004 - Nearly 132,000 Indonesians are killed and more than 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 toll in affected Indian Ocean countries reaches 230,000 dead. * March 28, 2005 - Nearly 1,000 are believed killed after a quake of magnitude 8.7 hits the coast of Sumatra. * May 27, 2006 - A 6.2 magnitude earthquake devastates a wide area around the ancient royal city of Yogyakarta, killing more than 5,700 and destroying or damaging some 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. * March 6, 2007 - Two strong earthquakes kill at least 72 people and injure dozens in the West Sumatra provincial capital of Padang. Source: Reuters;
