List of earthquakes in Indonesia

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This list of earthquakes in Indonesia is a list of major earthquakes that have occurred in Indonesia in a historically documented time, especially in the recent past. Indonesia is a state in a seismically active region and is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire at the subduction zone in which the Australian plate is pushed under the Eurasian plate or under the Sunda plate . This location often leads to strong earthquakes in the region.

list

Legend:

• Date: According to UTC
• Victims: death toll from the earthquake and its consequences (tsunami etc.)
• I = Intensity on the Modified Mercalli Scale
• M = magnitude
  • M _W = moment magnitude
  • M _S = surface wave magnitude
  • M _L = local magnitude
  • no information = type of magnitude unknown
• T = depth of focus

date	place	Coordinates	Victim	Remarks	I.	M.	T [km]
November 22, 1815	20 km off the north coast of Bali	8 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  S , 115 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E	11,453	Earthquakes triggered rockfalls and a tsunami, a crevice opened up through which part of the water of the Danau Tamblingan flowed off	IX	7.0 M S	150
September 29, 1899	Seram , Moluccas	3 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  S , 128 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E	2,460	Quake triggered a tsunami	k. A.	7.8 M S	k. A.
January 20, 1917	Bali	8 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  S , 115 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E	1,500	Quakes triggered numerous landslides; Damage in the south of Bali more than in the north	IX	6.6 M S	k. A.
December 2, 1924	Wonosobo , Java	7 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  S , 109 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  E	727	About 2,250 houses collapsed	IX	k. A.	k. A.
June 25, 1976	Papua Province	4 ° 36 '10.8 "  S , 140 ° 5' 27.6"  E	6,000	Landslides were triggered and six villages were destroyed	VII	7.1 M S	33
January 10, 1989	Seram , Maluku	3 ° 10 ′ 12 ″  S , 130 ° 31 ′ 1.2 ″  E	no		IX	6.6 M W	20.9
July 14, 1989	Alor , East Nusa Tenggara	8 ° 6 '46.8 "  S , 125 ° 5' 27.6"  O	no		IX	6.6 M W	12.6
August 1, 1989	Baliem Valley , Papua Province	4 ° 28 '44.4 "  S , 138 ° 59' 2.4"  E	120		VIII	6.1 M W	10.6
April 18, 1990	Gorontalo , Sulawesi	1 ° 11 '9.6 "  N , 122 ° 47' 56.4"  E	3		VIII	7.6 M W	26th
November 15, 1990	Aceh , Sumatra	3 ° 55 '55.2 "  N , 97 ° 23' 34.8"  E	1		VIII	6.7 MW	13
May 19, 1991	Gorontalo , Sulawesi	1 ° 9 '21.6 "  N , 122 ° 57' 25.2"  E	no		VIII	6.9 MW	21st
June 20, 1991	Gorontalo , Sulawesi	1 ° 11 '45.6 "  N , 122 ° 47' 13.2"  E	no		VIII	7.5 M W	31
4th July 1991	Alor , East Nusa Tenggara	8 ° 5 ′ 56.4 "  S , 124 ° 40 ′ 51.6"  E	23		VIII	6.7 MW	29
December 12, 1992	Flores , East Nusa Tenggara	8 ° 28 ′ 48 "  S , 121 ° 53 ′ 45.6"  E	2,500	1992 Floresquake	VIII	7.8 M W	28
December 20, 1992	Banda Lake	6 ° 34 '55.2 "  S , 130 ° 23' 34.8"  E	no		VII	7.3 M W	78
January 19, 1994	Nabire , Papua Province	3 ° 10 ′ 33.6 ″  S , 135 ° 58 ′ 12 ″  E	no		VIII	6.8 MW	23
January 21, 1994	Halmahera , Northern Moluccas	1 ° 0 '54 "  N , 127 ° 43' 58.8"  E	7th		IX	7.0 M W	19th
February 15, 1994	Lampung , Sumatra	4 ° 58 ′ 1.2 ″  S , 104 ° 18 ′ 7.2 ″  E	207		VIII	6.9 MW	20th
April 13, 1994	Enarotali / Nabire , Papua Province	3 ° 8 '9.6 "  S , 135 ° 58" 4.8 "  E	no		VIII	6.5 M W	28
May 25, 1994	Paniai Governorate , Papua Province	4 ° 11 '56.4 "  S , 135 ° 29' 20.4"  E	no		IX	6.5 M W	15th
June 2, 1994	200 km off the southeast coast of Java	10 ° 28 ′ 37.2 ″  S , 112 ° 50 ′ 6 ″  E	277	Earthquake off Java 1994	V	7.8 M W	18th
February 13, 1995	Obi Islands , Northern Moluccas	1 ° 19 '4.8 "  S , 127 ° 26" 16.8 "  E	no		IX	6.7 MW	19th
May 14, 1995	in the sea south of Alor , East Nusa Tenggara	8 ° 22 ′ 40.8 "  S , 125 ° 7 ′ 37.2"  E	11		IX	6.9 MW	21st
May 19, 1995	Parigi Moutong , Central Sulawesi	1 ° 1 ′ 15.6 ″  S , 120 ° 30 ′ 18 ″  E	no		VIII	5.9 M W	21st
October 6, 1995	Jambi (province) , Sumatra	2 ° 2 ′ 42 "  S , 101 ° 26 ′ 9.6"  E	84		VIII	6.8 MW	36
December 25, 1995	Teun , Banda Lake	6 ° 54 '10.8 "  S , 129 ° 9' 3.6"  E	no		VI	7.1 M W	142
January 1, 1996	Minahasa Peninsula , Sulawesi	0 ° 43 '44.4 "  N , 119 ° 55' 51.6"  E	10		VIII	7.9 M W	25th
February 17, 1996	in the sea off the Schouten Islands , Papua Province	0 ° 53 '27.6 "  S , 136 ° 57" 7.2 "  E	166		VIII	8.2 M W	36
June 17, 1996	Lake Flores	7 ° 8 ′ 13.2 "  S , 122 ° 35 ′ 20.4"  E	no		IV	7.9 M W	587
July 16, 1996	Minahasa Peninsula , Sulawesi	1 ° 0 ′ 57.6 "  N , 120 ° 15 ′ 14.4"  E	no		IX	6.6 M W	19th
July 22, 1996	Minahasa Peninsula , Sulawesi	1 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 120 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  E	no		VIII	7.0 M W	30th
August 20, 1997	Aceh , Sumatra	4 ° 21 '28.8 "  N , 96 ° 29' 38.4"  E	no		VIII	6.0 M W	7th
November 25, 1997	Minahasa Peninsula , Sulawesi	1 ° 14 '27.6 "  N , 122 ° 32' 9.6"  E	no		VIII	7.0 M W	24
April 1, 1998	in the sea off western Sumatra	0 ° 32 '38.4 "  S , 99 ° 15' 39.6"  E	no		VII	7.0 M W	56
July 29, 1998	North of Papua Province	2 ° 41 '34.8 "  S , 138 ° 54' 3.6"  E	no		VIII	6.7 MW	43
November 9, 1998	Teun , Banda Lake	6 ° 57 '14.4 "  S , 129 ° 1' 19.2"  E	no		VIII	6.7 MW	35
November 9, 1998	Teun , Banda Lake	6 ° 55 ′ 12 ″  S , 128 ° 56 ′ 45.6 ″  E	no		IX	7.0 M W	31
November 29, 1998	Sula Islands , Northern Moluccas	2 ° 4 '15.6 "  S , 124 ° 53" 27.6 "  E	41		VIII	7.7 M W	21st
May 4, 2000	Banggai Islands and Luwuk , Central Sulawesi	1 ° 6 ′ 18 "  S , 123 ° 34 ′ 22.8"  E	46		VIII	7.6 M W	26th
June 4, 2000	in the sea off Bengkulu (province) , Sumatra	4 ° 43 '15.6 "  S , 102 ° 5' 13.2"  E	103	Earthquake off Sumatra 2000	VIII	7.9 M W	34
October 25, 2000	Sunda Street	6 ° 32 '56.4 "  S , 105 ° 37' 48"  E	no		VIII	6.8 MW	38
February 13, 2001	in the sea off Bengkulu (province) , Sumatra	4 ° 40 '48 "  S , 102 ° 33" 43.2 "  E	no		VII	7.4 MW	36
February 24, 2001	Moluccan Sea	1 ° 16'15.6 "  N , 126 ° 14'56.4"  E	no		VI	7.1 M W	35
October 19, 2001	northern Banda Sea	4 ° 5 '42 "  S , 123 ° 55' 15.6"  E	no		VII	7.5 M W	16
August 15, 2002	Minahasa Peninsula , Sulawesi	1 ° 11 '45.6 "  S , 121 ° 19" 58.8 "  E	no		IX	6.2 M W	10
October 10, 2002	East coast of Vogelkop , Papua Barat	1 ° 42 '25.2 "  S , 134 ° 9' 54"  E	8th		IX	7.6 M W	10
November 2, 2002	Simeuluë in front of Sumatra	3 ° 1 '26.4 "  N , 96 ° 10' 51.6"  E	3		VIII	7.4 MW	33
May 26, 2003	Morotai , Northern Moluccas	2 ° 24 ′ 36 "  N , 128 ° 48 ′ 36"  E	1		VIII	7.0 M W	33
February 5, 2004	Nabire , Papua Province	3 ° 36 '54 "  S , 135 ° 32" 16.8 "  E	37		VIII	7.0 M W	16
February 7, 2004	Nabire , Papua Province	4 ° 0 ′ 10.8 "  S , 135 ° 1 ′ 22.8"  E	no		IX	7.3 M W	10
July 25, 2004	Southern Sumatra	2 ° 27 ′ 18 "  S , 103 ° 58 ′ 37.2"  E	no		IV	7.3 M W	576
July 28, 2004	North coast of Papua Barat	0 ° 26 '34.8 "  S , 133 ° 5' 27.6"  E	no		IX	6.5 M W	13
November 11, 2004	Alor , East Nusa Tenggara	8 ° 10 '19.2 "  S , 124 ° 51" 21.6 "  E	34		IX	7.5 M W	10
November 26, 2004	Nabire , Papua Province	3 ° 34 '22.8 "  S , 135 ° 20' 45.6"  E	32		VIII	7.1 M W	10
December 26, 2004	off the coast of Sumatra	3 ° 18 '57.6 "  N , 95 ° 51' 14.4"  E	at least 228,000	Earthquake in the Indian Ocean 2004 (also Sumatra-Andaman quake)	IX	9.1 M W	30th
February 19, 2005	Kabaena off Sulawesi	5 ° 35 ′ 31.2 "  S , 122 ° 6 ′ 32.4"  E	no		VIII	6.5 M W	10
February 26, 2005	Simeuluë in front of Sumatra	2 ° 55 '33.6 "  N , 95 ° 33' 25.2"  E	no		VIII	6.8 MW	27
March 2, 2005	Banda Lake	6 ° 31 '37.2 "  S , 129 ° 55' 58.8"  E	no		V	7.1 M W	202
March 28, 2005	in the sea off North Sumatra	2 ° 4 '26.4 "  N , 97 ° 0' 46.8"  E	over 1,300	Earthquake off Sumatra in 2005	VIII	8.6 M W	30th
May 19, 2005	Banyak Islands off Sumatra	1 ° 57 '54 "  N , 96 ° 58' 33.6"  E	no		VIII	6.9 MW	30th
July 5, 2005	Banyak Islands off Sumatra	1 ° 50 '9.6 "  N , 97 ° 2' 2.4"  E	no		VIII	6.7 MW	21st
November 19, 2005	in the sea at Simeuluë off Sumatra	2 ° 13 '12 "  N , 96 ° 45' 46.8"  E	no		VIII	6.5 M W	30th
January 27, 2006	Banda Lake	5 ° 28 '55.2 "  S , 128 ° 5' 34.8"  E	no		V	7.6 M W	397
May 26, 2006	Yogyakarta , Java	7 ° 57 '43.2 "  S , 110 ° 27" 28.8 "  E	5,749	Yogyakarta earthquake in 2006	IX	6.3 M W	10
July 17, 2006	in the sea south of Java	9 ° 13 ′ 19.2 ″  S , 107 ° 19 ′ 12 ″  E	800	Earthquake off Java July 2006	V	7.7 M W	34
January 21, 2007	Moluccan Sea	1 ° 13 '19.2 "  N , 126 ° 23' 42"  E	4th		VI	7.5 M W	22nd
March 6, 2007	South Sumatra	0 ° 30 '43.2 "  S , 100 ° 31' 26.4"  O	67	Sumatra earthquake of March 2007	IX	6.4 M W	19th
August 8, 2007	in the sea northeast of Jakarta , Java	5 ° 58 ′ 4.8 ″  S , 107 ° 39 ′ 18 ″  E	no		V	7.5 M W	289
September 12, 2007	in the sea off South Sumatra	4 ° 31 '12 "  S , 101 ° 22' 26.4"  E	25th	Sumatran earthquake of September 2007	VIII	8.5 MW	34
September 12, 2007	Mentawai Islands , Sumatra	2 ° 30 '21.6 "  S , 100 ° 54" 21.6 "  O		Aftershock of the Sumatra earthquake in September 2007	VIII	7.9 M W	30th
February 20, 2008	Simeuluë in front of Sumatra	2 ° 46 '40.8 "  N , 95 ° 58' 40.8"  E	3		VIII	7.4 MW	35
February 25, 2008	Mentawai Islands , Sumatra	2 ° 21 '7.2 "  S , 100 ° 1' 4.8"  E	no		VIII	7.2 M W	35
November 17, 2008	Minahasa Peninsula , Sulawesi	1 ° 17 ′ 24 ″  N , 122 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E	6th		VII	7.4 MW	30th
January 4, 2009	North coast of Papua Barat	0 ° 24 '28.8 "  S , 132 ° 53' 9.6"  E	5		VIII	7.7 M W	17th
January 4, 2009	North coast of Papua Barat	0 ° 42 ′ 25.2 "  S , 133 ° 21 ′ 39.6"  E	no	Aftershocks of the previous one	VIII	7.4 MW	23
February 11, 2009	Talaud Islands	3 ° 54'7.2 "  N , 126 ° 24'0"  E	no		VIII	7.2 M W	20th
September 2, 2009	Tasikmalaya , Java	7 ° 48 '32.4 "  S , 107 ° 15' 32.4"  E	81	2009 Java earthquake	VII	7.0 M W	46
September 30, 2009	approx. 60 km west of Padang , Sumatra	0 ° 43 '30 "  S , 99 ° 51" 21.6 "  E	1,117	Sumatran earthquake of September 2009	VIII	7.6 M W	81
October 1, 2009	Bengkulu (province) , Sumatra	2 ° 30 '28.8 "  S , 101 ° 29' 2.4"  E	3		IX	6.6 M W	15th
April 6, 2010	Banyak Islands off Sumatra	2 ° 21 '36 "  N , 97 ° 7' 55.2"  E	no		VIII	7.8 M W	31
May 9, 2010	in the sea off Meulaboh , Aceh , Sumatra	3 ° 44 '49.2 "  N , 96 ° 0' 46.8"  E	no		VII	7.2 M W	45
June 16, 2010	New Guinea coast across from Yapen	2 ° 10 ′ 15.6 "  S , 136 ° 32 ′ 56.4"  E	17th		X	7.0 M W	18th
September 29, 2010	between Kei and Aru Islands	4 ° 55 '12 "  S , 133 ° 46" 58.8 "  E	no		VI	7.2 M W	12
October 25, 2010	South Pagai , Mentawai Islands	3 ° 29 '2.4 "  S , 100 ° 6" 50.4 "  O	> 435	Sumatran earthquake of October 2010	VII	7.7 M S	26th
April 11, 2012	About 500 km southwest of Banda Aceh in the Indian Ocean	2 ° 18 '39.6 "  N , 93 ° 3' 46.8"  E	5	Earthquake off Sumatra 2012	VII	8.6 M W	10
December 6, 2016	Aceh , Sumatra	5 ° 16 ′ 51.6 "  N , 96 ° 6 ′ 28.8"  E	> 90	(December 7th local time)	VIII	6.5 M W	13
15th December 2017	Tasikmalaya , Java	7 ° 29 ′ 31.2 "  S , 108 ° 10 ′ 26.4"  E	4th	36 injured, more than 4,800 damaged buildings	VII	6.5 M W	92
28th July 2018	Lombok	8 ° 16 '26.4 "  S , 116 ° 29" 27.6 "  E	20th	Lombok earthquake of July 2018	VII	6.4 M W	14th
5th August 2018	Lombok	8 ° 17 '13.2 "  S , 116 ° 27" 7.2 "  E	at least 480	Lombok earthquake on August 5, 2018	VIII	6.9 MW	34
19th August 2018	Lombok	8 ° 19 '8.4 "  S , 116 ° 37" 37.2 "  E	20th		VII	6.9 MW	21st
28th September 2018	approx. 70 km north of Palu , Sulawesi	0 ° 15 '21.6 "  S , 119 ° 50' 45.6"  O	4,340	Sulawesi earthquake 2018	IX	7.5 M W	20th
2nd August 2019	70 km off the west coast of Java	7 ° 16 ′ 55.2 ″  S , 104 ° 47 ′ 27.6 ″  E	8th	About 400 damaged buildings	VI	6.9 MW	49
September 25, 2019	approx. 30 km northeast of Ambon , Maluku	3 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  S , 128 ° 20 ′ 49.2 ″  E	41	Earthquake near Ambon 2019	VII	6.5 M W	9
15th November 2019	130 kilometers northwest of Ternate , Northern Moluccas Province	1 ° 36 '0 "  N , 126 ° 24' 57.6"  E	no		VII	7.1 M W	33

Historical map

• Hamilton, Warren, (1974) Earthquake map of the Indonesian region Scale 1: 5,000,000; Mercator projection. (E 90p0s-E 148p0s / N 12p0s-S 16p0s) Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey "Folio of the Indonesian region MAP I-875-C".

Web links

• Significant Earthquakes Database of NOAA to Indonesia
• Catalog gempabumi significan dan merusak, 1821-2017 (= catalog of significant and destructive earthquakes, 1821-2017) ( id , PDF / 12.5MB) 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Significan Earthquake: INDONESIA: BALI. NOAA , accessed July 24, 2020.
2. ↑ Tsunami Event: INDONESIA: BALI. NOAA, accessed July 24, 2020.
3. ↑ Significan Earthquake: INDONESIA: BANDA SEA. NOAA, accessed July 24, 2020.
4. ↑ Significan Earthquake: INDONESIA: BALI. NOAA, accessed July 24, 2020.
5. ↑ Significan Earthquake: INDONESIA: JAVA: WONOSOBO. NOAA, accessed July 24, 2020.
6. ↑ Significan Earthquake: INDONESIA: NEW GUINEA: IRIAN JAYA. NOAA, accessed July 24, 2020.
7. ↑ M 7.1 - Papua, Indonesia. USGS , accessed July 24, 2020.
8. ^ M 7.1 - Banda Sea. USGS, accessed July 24, 2020.
9. ^ M 7.9 - Flores Sea. USGS, accessed July 24, 2020.
10. ↑ Significant Earthquake: INDONESIA: JAVA. NOAA, accessed July 24, 2020.
11. ↑ M 6.5 - 1km E of Kampungbaru, Indonesia. USGS, accessed July 24, 2020.
12. ↑ M 6.9 - 106km WSW of Tugu Hilir, Indonesia. USGS, accessed July 24, 2020.
13. ↑ Fabian Januarius Kuwado: Kemensos Verifikasi Ahli Waris Korban Tewas Akibat Gempa Banten. In: kompas.com . August 5, 2019, accessed July 24, 2020 (Indonesian).