List of earthquakes in Indonesia

This is an incomplete list of more recent recorded major earthquakes that have occurred within the boundaries of Indonesia—as indicated by the geology of the region, and the volcanic activity—much 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 1901–2017.

Map of earthquakes in Indonesia 1900-2019

2004

1833

2005

1861

2007

1797

As of the present, six of the Top Ten strongest Indonesian earthquakes ≥ 8.3 M_w occurred near Sumatra and along the Java Trench.

"Indonesian earthquake" redirects here. For the major 2004 earthquake and tsunami, see 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

Earthquakes

Date	Region	Mag.	MMI	Fatalities	Injuries	Comments
2019-11-04	Molucca Sea	7.1 Mw	VII	1	3		[1]
2019-11-12	Maluku	5.0 Mw	IV	2	9	Aftershock.	[2]
2019-09-25	Maluku	6.5 Mw	VII	41	1,578	Landslides.	[3]
2019-08-02	Java	6.9 Mw	VI	8	8		[4]
2019-07-14	North Maluku	7.2 Mw	VIII	14	129		[5]
2019-04-12	Sulawesi	6.8 Mw	VI	1			[6]
2019-03-17	Lombok	5.5 Mw	V	6	182		[7]
2018-11-14	Sulawesi	5.6 Mw	VII	7	6	Landslides.	[8]
2018-10-10	Java	6.0 Mw	V	4	36		[9]
2018-09-28	Sulawesi	7.5 Mw	IX	4,340	10,679	Major tsunami (up to 7m), more than 600 people missing.	[10]
2018-08-19	Lombok	6.9 Mw	VII	14	24	Fatalities also in Sumbawa.	[11]
2018-08-19	Lombok	6.3 Mw	VII	2	3	Aftershock.	[12]
2018-08-09	Lombok	5.9 Mw	VII	6	24	Aftershock.	[13]
2018-08-05	Lombok	6.9 Mw	VIII	513	1,353	Widespread damage.	[14]
2018-07-29	Lombok	6.4 Mw	VIII	20	401	Foreshock.	[15][16]
2018-07-21	Sumatra	5.2 MW		1	2		[17]
2018-04-18	Java	4.5 MW		3	21	Building damage in Kalibening District.	[18]
2018-01-23	Java	6.0 MW	V	2	41
2017-12-15	Java	6.5 Mw	VII	4	36
2017-10-31	Ambon	6.3 Mw	VII	1			[19]
2016-12-07	Sumatra	6.5 Mw	IX	104	1,273	Heavy damage in Aceh region.
2016-03-02	Sumatra	7.8 Mw	III
2015-07-28	Papua	7.0 Mw	VII	1		Buildings damaged or destroyed.	[20]
2013-07-02	Sumatra	6.1 Mw		43	276		[21]
2012-04-11	Wharton Basin	8.2 Mw	VI			Doublet
2012-04-11	Wharton Basin	8.6 Mw	VII	10	12	Doublet
2011-09-05	Sumatra	6.7 Mw		10			[22]
2010-10-25	Sumatra	7.8 Mw	VII	408		Tsunami (local), hundreds missing.
2010-06-16	Papua	7.0 Mw	VII	17
2010-05-09	Sumatra	7.2 Mw	V
2010-04-06	Sumatra	7.8 Mw	VIII		62
2009-10-01	Sumatra	6.6 Mw	VII	3		Severe damage.	[23]
2009-09-30	Sumatra	7.6 Mw	VII	1,115	2,902	Tsunami (local)
2009-09-02	Java	7.3 Mw	VII	79	1,250	Tsunami (local)	[24]
2009-02-12	Talaud	7.2 Mw	VI		64
2009-01-04	West Papua	7.4 Mw	VII			Doublet
2009-01-04	West Papua	7.7 Mw	VI	4	50+	Doublet / tsunami (local)
2008-11-16	Sulawesi	7.3 Mw	VII	4	59
2008-02-20	Simeulue	7.4 Mw		3			[25]
2007-09-12	Sumatra	8.4 Mw		23	88
2007-03-06	Sumatra	6.3 Mw	VI
2007-03-06	Sumatra	6.4 Mw	VIII	68	460
2007-01-21	Molucca Sea	7.5 Mw	VI	4			[26]
2006-12-18	Sumatra	5.8 Mw	VI	7			[27]
2006-07-17	Java	7.7 Mw	IV	668	9,299	Tsunami (regional)
2006-05-26	Java	6.4 Mw	IX	5,749	38,568	Extreme damage
2006-03-14	Seram	6.7 Mw	VI	4		Tsunami (local) (7 m (23 ft))	[28]
2005-03-28	Sumatra	8.6 Mw	VI	1,314	1,146
2004-12-26	Sumatra–Andaman	9.1–9.3 Mw	IX	227,898		Tsunami (basin wide), 167,540 fatalities in Indonesia
2004-11-26	Papua	7.1 Mw	VIII	32	130–213
2004-11-11	Alor	7.5 Mw	VIII	34	400	Severe damage	[29]
2004-02-07	Western New Guinea	7.3 Mw				Doublet / Damage at Nabire	[30]
2004-02-05	Western New Guinea	7.0 Mw	VI	37		Doublet	[31]
2004-01-01	Bali	5.8 Mw	VI	1	29	Several thousand buildings damaged	NGDC harvnb error: no target: CITEREFNGDC (help)
2003-05-26	Halmahera	7.0 Mw		1			[32]
2002-11-02	Sumatra	7.3 Mw	VI	3	65
2002-10-10	Western New Guinea	7.6 Mw		8		Tsunami (local)	[33]
2000-06-04	Sumatra	7.9 Mw	VI	103	2,174
2000-05-04	Sulawesi	7.6 Mw	VII	46	264	Tsunami (local)	NGDC harvnb error: no target: CITEREFNGDC (help)
1996-02-17	Biak	8.1 Mw	VIII	166	423
1996-01-01	Sulawesi	7.9 Mw		8		Tsunami (local)	[34]
1995-10-06	Sumatra	6.8 Mw		84	1868	Extreme damage	NGDC harvnb error: no target: CITEREFNGDC (help)
1994-06-03	Java	7.8 Mw	IV	250		Tsunami (local)
1994-02-15	Sumatra	7.0 Mw	VII	207	2,000+
1992-12-11	Flores	7.8 Mw	IX–X	2,500	500	Tsunami (local)
1989-08-01	West Papua	6.0 Mw	VIII	120	125
1984-11-17	Sumatra	7.2 Mw	VII		1
1982-12-25	Flores	5.9 Mw	VI	13	390
1981-01-19	Papua	6.8 ML		305		Hundreds missing
1979-12-18	Bali	6.3 Ms	VIII	27	200+
1977-08-19	Sumba	8.3 Mw		180	1,100	Tsunami (local)
1976-07-15	Bali	6.5 Ms	IX	573	4,750
1976-06-25	Papua	7.1 Mw	X	422		Landslides, thousands missing
1968-10-19	Sulawesi	7.4 ML		213
1965-01-24	Sanana	8.2 Mw		71
1943-06-09	Sumatra	7.5 Mw				Doublet
1943-07-23	Java	7.0 Mw	VIII	213	2,096	Severe damage	NGDC harvnb error: no target: CITEREFNGDC (help)
1943-06-08	Sumatra	7.2 Mw				Doublet
1938-02-01	Banda Sea	8.4 Mw	VII			Tsunami (local)
1935-12-28	Sumatra	7.7 Mw	VIII			Tsunami (local)
1917-01-20	Bali	6.6 Ms	IX	1,500		Landslides
1907-01-04	Sumatra	8.2–8.4 Mw	VIII	2,188		Tsunami (regional)
1899-09-30	Seram	7.8 Ms		3,864		Tsunami (local)
1867-06-10	Java		IX	5		Severe damage	NGDC harvnb error: no target: CITEREFNGDC (help)
1861-02-16	Sumatra	8.5 Mw		2,000+
1852-11-25	Banda Sea	8.3 Ms	IX			Severe damage / tsunami (regional)	NGDC harvnb error: no target: CITEREFNGDC (help)
1834-10-10	Java	7.0 Mw	VIII
1833-11-25	Sumatra	8.8–9.2 Mw		Numerous		Tsunami (local)
1815-11-22	Bali	7.0 Ms		10,253		Tsunami	NGDC harvnb error: no target: CITEREFNGDC (help)
1797-02-10	Sumatra	8.4 Mw		Numerous		Tsunami (local)
1780-01-22	Java	8.5 Mw	X-XI
1699-01-05	Batavia (Jakarta)			28		49 buildings collapsed	[35]
1674-02-17	Ambon–Seram	6.8 Ms		86	135	Severe damage / tsunami	NGDC harvnb error: no target: CITEREFNGDC (help)
1629-08-01	Banda Sea	8.2–8.8 Ms				Tsunami (regional)
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.

Earthquake damage in Ambon, 1898

See also

• Geology of Indonesia
• Krakatoa
• List of historical earthquakes
• List of volcanoes in Indonesia
• List of disasters in Indonesia

References

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External links

• Hayes, G.P. et al. 2013, Seismicity of the Earth 1900–2012 Sumatra and vicinity: USGS Open-File Report 2010–1083-L, scale 1:6,000,000
• Jones, E.S. et al. 2014, Seismicity of the Earth 1900–2012 Java and vicinity: USGS Open-File Report 2010–1083-N, 1 sheet, scale 1:5,000,000, Seismicity of the Earth 1900-2012 Java and vicinity
• Benz, H.M. et al. 2011, Seismicity of the Earth 1900–2010 New Guinea and vicinity: USGS Open-File Report 2010–1083-H, scale 1:8,000,000.
• Tiar Prasetya; Dr. Daryono, eds. (2018). "Katalog gempabumi signifikan dan merusak, 1821-2017" [Catalogue of significant earthquakes, 1821-2017] (PDF) (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Pusat gempabumi dan tsunami, BMKG. ISSN 2477-0582.