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.
Date | Region | Mag. | MMI | Fatalities | Injuries | Comments | Notes |
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2024-09-18 | West Java | 5.0 Mw | VII | 2 | 159 | 656 buildings damaged | [1] [2] |
2024-09-07 | Bali | 4.8 Mw | VI | 1 | 3 | 10 buildings damaged. | [3] [4] |
2024-04-27 | West Java | 6.1 Mw | V | 1 | 12 | Hundreds buildings damaged | [5] [6] |
2024-03-22 | East Java | 6.4 Mw | VIII | 14 | 3,500 building damage in Bawean island, Tuban and Surabaya | ||
2023-06-30 | Special Region of Yogyakarta | 5.9 Mw | IV | 1 | 23 | Severe damage | [7] |
2023-04-24 | Sumatra | 7.1 Mw | VIII | Moderate damage | [8] | ||
2023-04-14 | East Java | 7.0 Mw | V | 1 | [9] | ||
2023-02-09 | Papua | 5.1 Mw | V | 4 | 5 | Severe damage | [10] |
2023-01-18 | North Maluku | 7.0 Mw | V | Minor damage | [11] | ||
2023-01-09 | Maluku | 7.6 Mw | VI | 11 | Moderate damage | [12] | |
2022-12-03 | West Java | 5.7 Mw | IV | 2 | Slight damage | [13] | |
2022-11-21 | West Java | 5.6 Mw | VIII | 335–635 | 7,729 | Extreme damage | [14] |
2022-09-30 | Sumatra | 5.9 Mw | VII | 2 | 25 | Moderate damage | [15] |
2022-02-25 | Sumatra | 6.1 Mw | VIII | 27 | 457 | Severe damage | |
2022-01-14 | Banten | 6.6 Mw | VI | 10 | 3,000 buildings damaged | [16] | |
2021-12-14 | Flores | 7.3 Mw | VI | 1 | 173 | Severe damage | [17] |
2021-10-16 | Bali | 4.7 Mw | IV | 4 | 72 | [18] | |
2021-08-26 | Sulawesi | 5.5 Mw | VII | 1 | 39 | [19] | |
2021-07-26 | Sulawesi | 6.3 Mw | VI | 1 | [20] | ||
2021-04-11 | Java | 6.0 Mw | V | 10 | 104 | [21] | |
2021-02-03 | Sulawesi | 4.9 Mw | III | 1 | [22] | ||
2021-01-14 | Sulawesi | 6.2 Mw | VI | 105 | 3,369 | [23] | |
2020-10-27 | Sulawesi | 5.4 Mw | VI | 1 | [24] | ||
2019-11-12 | Maluku | 5.0 Mw | IV | 2 | 9 | Aftershock. | [25] |
2019-11-04 | Molucca Sea | 7.1 Mw | VII | 1 | 3 | [26] | |
2019-10-10 | Maluku | 5.2 Mw | IV | 1 | 3 | Casualties due to damage to a college. | [27] [28] |
2019-09-25 | Maluku | 6.5 Mw | VII | 41 | 1,578 | Landslides. | [29] |
2019-08-02 | Java | 6.9 Mw | VI | 8 | 8 | [30] | |
2019-07-14 | North Maluku | 7.2 Mw | VIII | 14 | 129 | [31] | |
2019-04-12 | Sulawesi | 6.8 Mw | VI | 1 | [32] | ||
2019-03-17 | Lombok | 5.5 Mw | V | 6 | 182 | [33] | |
2018-11-14 | Sulawesi | 5.6 Mw | VII | 7 | 6 | Landslides. | [34] |
2018-10-10 | Java | 6.0 Mw | V | 4 | 36 | [35] | |
2018-09-28 | Sulawesi | 7.5 Mw | X | 4,340 | 10,679 | Major tsunami (up to 11m), more than 600 people missing. | [36] |
2018-08-19 | Lombok | 6.9 Mw | VII | 14 | 24 | Fatalities also in Sumbawa. | [37] |
2018-08-19 | Lombok | 6.3 Mw | VII | 2 | 3 | Aftershock. | [38] |
2018-08-09 | Lombok | 5.9 Mw | VII | 6 | 24 | Aftershock. | [39] |
2018-08-05 | Lombok | 6.9 Mw | VIII | 513 | 1,353 | Widespread damage. | [40] |
2018-07-29 | Lombok | 6.4 Mw | VI | 20 | 401 | Foreshock. | [41] [42] |
2018-07-21 | Sumatra | 5.2 MW | 1 | 2 | [43] | ||
2018-04-18 | Java | 4.5 MW | 3 | 21 | Buildings damaged in Kalibening District. | [44] | |
2018-01-23 | Java | 6.0 MW | V | 2 | 41 | ||
2017-12-15 | Java | 6.5 Mw | VII | 4 | 36 | ||
2017-11-18 | North Maluku | 5.8 Mw | VI | 1 | Moderate damage | [45] | |
2017-10-31 | Ambon | 6.3 Mw | VII | 1 | [46] | ||
2016-12-07 | Sumatra | 6.5 Mw | VIII | 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. | [47] | |
2013-07-02 | Sumatra | 6.1 Mw | 43 | 276 | [48] | ||
2013-04-06 | Papua | 7.0 Mw | VII | 3 | 2 | Deaths from landslides. | [49] [50] |
2012-08-18 | Sulawesi | 6.3 Mw | VIII | 6 | 43 | Severe damage | [51] |
2012-04-11 | Wharton Basin | 8.2 Mw | VI | Doublet | |||
2012-04-11 | Wharton Basin | 8.6 Mw | VII | 10 | 12 | Doublet | |
2011-10-13 | Bali | 6.1 Mw | V | 43 | [52] | ||
2011-09-05 | Sumatra | 6.7 Mw | 10 | [53] | |||
2010-10-25 | Sumatra | 7.8 Mw | VII | 408 | Tsunami (local), hundreds missing. | ||
2010-06-16 | Papua | 7.0 Mw | VII | 17 | |||
2010-04-06 | Banyak Islands | 7.8 Mw | VIII | 62 | |||
2010-01-10 | Java | 5.1 Mw | V | 1 | 2 | [54] | |
2009-10-01 | Sumatra | 6.6 Mw | VII | 3 | Severe damage. | [55] | |
2009-09-30 | Sumatra | 7.6 Mw | VIII | 1,115 | 2,902 | Tsunami (local) | |
2009-09-02 | Java | 7.3 Mw | VII | 79 | 1,250 | Tsunami (local) | [56] |
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 | 4 | 25 | [57] | ||
2007-09-13 | Sumatra | 7.0 Mw | VII | ||||
2007-09-13 | Sumatra | 7.9 Mw | VII | 23 | 88 | ||
2007-09-12 | Sumatra | 8.5 Mw | VI | ||||
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 | [58] | ||
2006-12-18 | Sumatra | 5.8 Mw | VI | 7 | [59] | ||
2006-07-17 | Java | 7.7 Mw | V | 668 | 9,299 | Tsunami (regional) | |
2006-05-27 | 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)) | [60] | |
2005-03-28 | Sumatra | 8.6 Mw | VIII | 1,314 | 1,146 | ||
2004-12-26 | Sumatra–Andaman | 9.2–9.3 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 | [61] |
2004-02-07 | Western New Guinea | 7.3 Mw | Doublet / Damage at Nabire | [62] | |||
2004-02-05 | Western New Guinea | 7.0 Mw | VI | 37 | Doublet | [63] | |
2004-01-01 | Bali | 5.8 Mw | VI | 1 | 29 | Several thousand buildings damaged | NGDC 1972 |
2003-05-26 | Halmahera | 7.0 Mw | VIII [64] | 1 | [65] | ||
2002-11-02 | Sumatra | 7.3 Mw | VI | 3 | 65 | ||
2002-10-10 | Western New Guinea | 7.6 Mw | 8 | Tsunami (local) | [66] | ||
2000-06-04 | Sumatra | 7.9 Mw | VIII | 103 | 2,174 | ||
2000-05-04 | Sulawesi | 7.6 Mw | VII | 46 | 264 | Tsunami (local) | NGDC 1972 |
Date | Region | Mag. | MMI | Fatalities | Injuries | Comments | |
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1999-12-21 | Java | 6.5 Mw | VII | 5 | 220 | ||
1998-11-29 | North Maluku | 7.7 Mw | VII | 41 | 171 | Tsunami | |
1996-02-17 | Biak | 8.1 Mw | IX | 166 | 423 | ||
1996-01-01 | Sulawesi | 7.9 Mw | 8 | Tsunami (local) | [67] | ||
1995-10-06 | Sumatra | 6.8 Mw | 84 | 1868 | Extreme damage | NGDC 1972 | |
1994-06-03 | Java | 7.8 Mw | IV | 250 | Tsunami (local) | ||
1994-02-15 | Sumatra | 7.0 Mw | VII | 207 | 2,000+ | ||
1992-12-12 | 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+ | ||
1979-09-12 | West Papua | 7.5 Mw | IX | 115 | Tsunami | ||
1977-08-19 | Sumba | 8.3 Mw | 180 | 1,100 | Tsunami (local) | ||
1976-07-14 | Bali | 6.5 Ms | IX | 573 | 4,750 | ||
1976-06-25 | Papua | 7.1 Mw | X | 422 | Landslides, thousands missing | ||
1969-02-23 | West Sulawesi | 7.0 Mw | VIII | 664 | Tsunami | ||
1968-10-14 | Sulawesi | 7.4 ML | 213 | ||||
1967-02-19 | East Java | 6.3 Mw | VII | 54 | 300 | Heavy damage in Malang and Trenggalek Regencies | [68] [69] |
1965-01-24 | Sanana | 8.2 Mw | 71 | ||||
1950-06-12 | Java | 6.6 Mw | VII | 16 | [70] | ||
1943-06-08 | Sumatra | 7.2 Mw | Doublet | ||||
1943-06-09 | Sumatra | 7.5 Mw | Doublet | ||||
1943-07-23 | Java | 7.0 Mw | VIII | 213 | 2,096 | Severe damage | NGDC 1972 |
1943-04-01 | Java | 7.1 Mw | VII | Severe | [71] | ||
1938-02-01 | Banda Sea | 8.5–8.6 Mw | VII | Tsunami (local) | |||
1937-09-27 | Java | 6.9 Mw | VII | 1 | 300 Homes destroyed | [72] | |
1935-12-28 | Sumatra | 7.7 Mw | VIII | Tsunami (local) | |||
1933-06-24 | Sumatra | 7.7 Ms | IX | 76+ | Heavy damage. Volcanic eruption triggered. | ||
1931-09-25 | Sumatra | 7.3 Mw | Tsunami (Local) | ||||
1926-09-10 | Java | 7.1 Mw | VII | [73] | |||
1926-06-28 | West Sumatra | 7.6 ML | VII | 354 | |||
1924-12-02 | Central Java | 5.8 Mw | IX | 900 | Extreme damage and mudslide in Wonosobo Regency | [74] | |
1921-09-11 | Java | 7.6 Mw | [75] | ||||
1917-01-20 | Bali | 6.6 Ms | IX | 1,500 | Landslides | ||
1916-09-11 | East Java | 6.6 Mw | Many homes damaged | [76] | |||
1913-03-14 | Mindanao | 7.9 Mw | IX | 138 | |||
1909-06-04 | Sumatra | 7.6 Mw | IX | 195–200 | |||
1907-01-04 | Sumatra | 8.2–8.4 Mw | VIII | 2,188 | Tsunami (regional) | ||
1903-02-27 | Java, Sumatra | 7.3 Mw | VIII | Tsunami | [77] |
Date | Region | Mag. | MMI | Fatalities | Injuries | Comments | |
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1899-09-30 | Seram | 7.8 Ms | 3,864 | Tsunami (local) | |||
1898-01-06 | Ambon | 126 | 300+ | Heavy damage | [78] | ||
1867-06-10 | Java | 7.8 Mw | IX | 700 | Severe damage | ||
1861-02-16 | Sumatra | 8.5 Mw | 2,000+ | ||||
1852-11-25 | Banda Sea | 8.3 Ms | IX | 60+ | Severe damage / tsunami (regional) | NGDC 1972 | |
1843-01-05 | Sumatra | 7.3 Ms | XI | Many | Severe damage / tsunami (local) | NGDC 1972 | |
1834-10-10 | Java | 7.0–7.7 Mw | IX | 5 | [79] | ||
1833-11-25 | Sumatra | 8.8–9.2 Mw | Numerous | Tsunami (local) | |||
1833-01-28 | Java | 7.0 Mw[ failed verification ] | VII-VIII | Multiple | [80] | ||
1820-12-29 | Flores Sea | 7.5 Mw | 500 | Tsunami | [81] | ||
1815-11-22 | Bali | 7.0 Ms | 10,253 | Tsunami | NGDC 1972 | ||
1797-02-10 | Sumatra | 8.6–8.8 Mw | Numerous | Tsunami (local) | |||
1780-01-22 | Java | 8.0–8.5 Mw | VIII | Severe Damage | [79] | ||
1699-01-05 | Batavia (Jakarta) | 7.4-8.0 Mw | IX | 128 | Severe Damage | [82] | |
1674-02-17 | Ambon–Seram | 6.8 Ms | 86 | 135 | Severe damage / tsunami | NGDC 1972 | |
1629-08-01 | Banda Sea | 8.2–8.8 Ms | Tsunami (regional) | ||||
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