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List of earthquakes in Indonesia

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Summary

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NOTOC This is an incomplete list of more recent recorded major earthquakes that have occurred within the boundaries of Indonesia. The determinants of the activity are indicated by the geology of the region, and the volcanic activity.

Large numbers of earthquakes of smaller magnitude occur very regularly due to the meeting of major tectonic plates in the region. Based on the records of the USGS, Indonesia has had more than 150 earthquakes with magnitude 7 in the period 1901–2019.

Earthquakes

2000–present

DateRegionMMIFatalitiesInjuriesCommentsNotes
2025-09-30East Java6.0 MwVI6More than 200 building damaged
2025-08-17Sulawesi5.8 MwVI242Severe damage
2025-05-23Bengkulu5.7 MwVI12More than 300 building damaged
2025-03-17North Sumatra5.4 MwV1Several
2024-09-18West Java5.0 MwVII21598,437 buildings damaged
2024-09-07Bali4.8 MwVI1310 buildings damaged.
2024-04-27West Java6.1 MwV112Hundreds buildings damaged
2024-03-22East Java6.4 MwVIII143,500 building damage in Bawean island, Tuban and Surabaya
2023-06-30Special Region of Yogyakarta5.9 MwIV123Severe damage
2023-04-24Sumatra7.1 MwVIIIModerate damage
2023-04-14East Java7.0 MwV1
2023-02-09Papua5.1 MwV45Severe damage
2023-01-18North Maluku7.0 MwVMinor damage
2023-01-09Maluku7.6 MwVI11Moderate damage
2022-12-03West Java5.7 MwIV2Slight damage
2022-11-21West Java5.6 MwVIII335–6357,729Extreme damage
2022-09-30Sumatra5.9 MwVII225Moderate damage
2022-02-25Sumatra6.1 MwVIII27457Severe damage
2022-01-14Banten6.6 MwVI103,000 buildings damaged
2021-12-14Flores7.3 MwVI1173Severe damage
2021-10-16Bali4.7 MwIV472
2021-08-26Sulawesi5.5VII139
2021-07-26Sulawesi6.3VI1
2021-04-11Java6.0 MwV10104
2021-02-03Sulawesi4.9III1
2021-01-14Sulawesi6.2VI1053,369
2020-10-27Sulawesi5.4VI1
2019-11-12Maluku5.0 MwIV29Aftershock.
2019-11-04Molucca Sea7.1 MwVII13
2019-10-10Maluku5.2IV13Casualties due to damage to a college.
2019-09-25Maluku6.5 MwVII411,578Landslides.
2019-08-02Java6.9 MwVI88
2019-07-14North Maluku7.2 MwVIII14129
2019-04-12Sulawesi6.8 MwVI1
2019-03-17Lombok5.5 MwV6182
2018-11-14Sulawesi5.6 MwVII76Landslides.
2018-10-10Java6.0 MwV436
2018-09-28Sulawesi7.5 MwX4,34010,679Major tsunami (up to 11m), more than 600 people missing.
2018-08-19Lombok6.9 MwVII1424Fatalities also in Sumbawa.
2018-08-19Lombok6.3 MwVII23Aftershock.
2018-08-09Lombok5.9 MwVII624Aftershock.
2018-08-05Lombok6.9 MwVIII5131,353Widespread damage.
2018-07-29Lombok6.4 MwVI20401Foreshock.
2018-07-21Sumatra5.2 MW12
2018-04-18Java4.5 MW321Buildings damaged in Kalibening District.
2018-01-23Java6.0 MWV241
2017-12-15Java6.5 MwVII436
2017-11-18North Maluku5.8VI1Moderate damage
2017-10-31Ambon6.3 MwVII1
2016-12-07Sumatra6.5 MwVIII1041,273Heavy damage in Aceh region.
2016-03-02Sumatra7.8 MwIII
2015-07-28Papua7.0 MwVII1Buildings damaged or destroyed.
2013-07-02Sumatra6.1 Mw43276
2013-04-06Papua7.0VII32Deaths from landslides.
2012-08-18Sulawesi6.3 MwVIII643Severe damage
2012-04-11Wharton Basin8.2 MwVIDoublet
2012-04-11Wharton Basin8.6 MwVII1012Doublet
2011-10-13Bali6.1V43
2011-09-05Sumatra6.7 Mw10
2010-10-25Sumatra7.8 MwVII408Tsunami (local), hundreds missing.
2010-06-16Papua7.0 MwVII17
2010-04-06Banyak Islands7.8 MwVIII62
2010-01-10Java5.1V12
2009-10-01Sumatra6.6 MwVII3Severe damage.
2009-09-30Sumatra7.6 MwVIII1,1152,902Tsunami (local)
2009-09-02Java7.3 MwVII791,250Tsunami (local)
2009-02-12Talaud7.2 MwVI64
2009-01-04West Papua7.4 MwVIIDoublet
2009-01-04West Papua7.7 MwVI450+Doublet / tsunami (local)
2008-11-16Sulawesi7.3 MwVII459
2008-02-20Simeulue7.4 Mw425
2007-09-13Sumatra7.0 MwVII
2007-09-13Sumatra7.9 MwVII2388
2007-09-12Sumatra8.5 MwVI
2007-03-06Sumatra6.3 MwVI
2007-03-06Sumatra6.4 MwVIII68460
2007-01-21Molucca Sea7.5 MwVI4
2006-12-18Sumatra5.8 MwVI7
2006-07-17Java7.7 MwV6689,299Tsunami (regional)
2006-05-27Java6.4 Mw5,74938,568Extreme damage
2006-03-14Seram6.7 MwVI4Tsunami (local) (7 m)
2005-03-28Sumatra8.6 MwVIII1,3141,146
2004-12-26Sumatra–Andaman9.2–9.3 Mw227,898Tsunami (basin wide), 167,540 fatalities in Indonesia
2004-11-26Papua7.1 MwVIII32130–213
2004-11-11Alor7.5 MwVIII34400Severe damage
2004-02-07Western New Guinea7.3 MwDoublet / Damage at Nabire
2004-02-05Western New Guinea7.0 MwVI37Doublet
2004-01-01Bali5.8 MwVI129Several thousand buildings damaged
2003-05-26Halmahera7.0 MwVIII1
2002-11-02Sumatra7.3 MwVI365
2002-10-10Western New Guinea7.5 Mw8632Tsunami (local)
2000-06-04Sumatra7.9 MwVIII1032,174
2000-05-04Sulawesi7.6 MwVII46264Tsunami (local)

1900–1999

DateRegionMMIFatalitiesInjuriesComments
1999-12-21Java6.5 MwVII5220
1998-11-29North Maluku7.7VII41171
1998-09-28East Java6.6V1200
1997-09-28South Sulawesi5.9VII18300
1996-02-17Biak8.1 Mw166423
1996-01-01Sulawesi7.9 Mw8
1995-10-06Sumatra6.8 Mw841868
1994-06-03Java7.8 MwIV250
1994-02-15Sumatra7.0 MwVII2072,000+
1992-12-12Flores7.8 Mw–X2,500500
1989-08-01West Papua6.0 MwVIII120125
1984-11-17Sumatra7.2 MwVII1
1982-12-25Flores5.9 MwVI13390
1981-01-19Papua6.8 ML305
1979-12-18Bali6.3 MsVIII27200+
1979-09-12West Papua7.5 Mw115
1977-08-19Sumba8.3 Mw1801,100
1976-07-14Bali6.5 Ms5734,750
1976-06-25Papua7.1 MwX422
1969-02-23West Sulawesi7.0VIII664
1968-10-14Sulawesi7.4 ML213
1967-02-19East Java6.3 MwVII54300
1965-01-24Sanana8.2 Mw71
1950-06-12Java6.6 MwVII16
1943-06-08Sumatra7.2 Mw
1943-06-09Sumatra7.5 Mw
1943-07-23Java7.0 MwVIII2132,096
1943-04-01Java7.1 MwVII
1938-02-01Banda Sea8.5–8.6 MwVII
1937-09-27Java6.9 MwVII1
1935-12-28Sumatra7.7 MwVIII
1933-06-24Sumatra7.7 Ms76+
1931-09-25Sumatra7.3 Mw
1926-09-10Java7.1 MwVII
1926-06-28West Sumatra7.6 MLVII354
1924-12-02Central Java5.8 Mw900
1921-09-11Java7.6 Mw
1917-01-20Bali6.6 Ms1,500
1916-09-11East Java6.6 Mw
1913-03-14Mindanao7.9138
1909-06-04Sumatra7.6195–200
1907-01-04Sumatra8.2–8.4 MwVIII2,188
1903-02-27Java, Sumatra7.3VIII

1629–1899

DateRegionMMIFatalitiesInjuriesComments
1899-09-30Seram7.8 Ms3,864
1898-01-06Ambon126300+
1867-06-10Java7.8700
1861-02-16Sumatra8.5 Mw2,000+
1852-11-25Banda Sea8.3 Ms60+
1843-01-05Sumatra7.3 MsXIMany
1834-10-10Java7.0–7.7 Mw5
1833-11-25Sumatra8.8–9.2 MwNumerous
1833-01-28Java7.0 MwVII-VIIIMultiple
1820-12-29Flores Sea7.5 Mw500
1815-11-22Bali7.0 Ms10,253
1797-02-10Sumatra8.6–8.8 MwNumerous
1780-01-22Java8.0–8.5 MwVIII
1699-01-05Batavia (Jakarta)7.4-8.0 Mw128
1674-02-17Ambon–Seram6.8 Ms86135
1629-08-01Banda Sea8.2–8.8 Ms
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

References

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