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

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

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Earthquakes

Date	Region	Mag.	MMI	Fatalities	Injuries	Comments
2021-01-14	Sulawesi	6.2 M_w	VII	90+	930+		^[1]
2019-11-04	Molucca Sea	7.1 M_w	VII	1	3		^[2]
2019-11-12	Maluku	5.0 M_w	IV	2	9	Aftershock.	^[3]
2019-09-25	Maluku	6.5 M_w	VII	41	1,578	Landslides.	^[4]
2019-08-02	Java	6.9 M_w	VI	8	8		^[5]
2019-07-14	North Maluku	7.2 M_w	VIII	14	129		^[6]
2019-04-12	Sulawesi	6.8 M_w	VI	1			^[7]
2019-03-17	Lombok	5.5 M_w	V	6	182		^[8]
2018-11-14	Sulawesi	5.6 M_w	VII	7	6	Landslides.	^[9]
2018-10-10	Java	6.0 M_w	V	4	36		^[10]
2018-09-28	Sulawesi	7.5 M_w	IX	4,340	10,679	Major tsunami (up to 7m), more than 600 people missing.	^[11]
2018-08-19	Lombok	6.9 M_w	VII	14	24	Fatalities also in Sumbawa.	^[12]
2018-08-19	Lombok	6.3 M_w	VII	2	3	Aftershock.	^[13]
2018-08-09	Lombok	5.9 M_w	VII	6	24	Aftershock.	^[14]
2018-08-05	Lombok	6.9 M_w	VIII	513	1,353	Widespread damage.	^[15]
2018-07-29	Lombok	6.4 M_w	VIII	20	401	Foreshock.	^[16]^[17]
2018-07-21	Sumatra	5.2 M_W		1	2		^[18]
2018-04-18	Java	4.5 M_W		3	21	Building damage in Kalibening District.	^[19]
2018-01-23	Java	6.0 M_W	V	2	41
2017-12-15	Java	6.5 M_w	VII	4	36
2017-10-31	Ambon	6.3 M_w	VII	1			^[20]
2016-12-07	Sumatra	6.5 M_w	IX	104	1,273	Heavy damage in Aceh region.
2016-03-02	Sumatra	7.8 M_w	III
2015-07-28	Papua	7.0 M_w	VII	1		Buildings damaged or destroyed.	^[21]
2013-07-02	Sumatra	6.1 M_w		43	276		^[22]
2012-04-11	Wharton Basin	8.2 M_w	VI			Doublet
2012-04-11	Wharton Basin	8.6 M_w	VII	10	12	Doublet
2011-09-05	Sumatra	6.7 M_w		10			^[23]
2010-10-25	Sumatra	7.8 M_w	VII	408		Tsunami (local), hundreds missing.
2010-06-16	Papua	7.0 M_w	VII	17
2010-05-09	Sumatra	7.2 M_w	V
2010-04-06	Sumatra	7.8 M_w	VIII		62
2009-10-01	Sumatra	6.6 M_w	VII	3		Severe damage.	^[24]
2009-09-30	Sumatra	7.6 M_w	VII	1,115	2,902	Tsunami (local)
2009-09-02	Java	7.3 M_w	VII	79	1,250	Tsunami (local)	^[25]
2009-02-12	Talaud	7.2 M_w	VI		64
2009-01-04	West Papua	7.4 M_w	VII			Doublet
2009-01-04	West Papua	7.7 M_w	VI	4	50+	Doublet / tsunami (local)
2008-11-16	Sulawesi	7.3 M_w	VII	4	59
2008-02-20	Simeulue	7.4 M_w		3			^[26]
2007-09-12	Sumatra	8.4 M_w		23	88
2007-03-06	Sumatra	6.3 M_w	VI
2007-03-06	Sumatra	6.4 M_w	VIII	68	460
2007-01-21	Molucca Sea	7.5 M_w	VI	4			^[27]
2006-12-18	Sumatra	5.8 M_w	VI	7			^[28]
2006-07-17	Java	7.7 M_w	IV	668	9,299	Tsunami (regional)
2006-05-26	Java	6.4 M_w	IX	5,749	38,568	Extreme damage
2006-03-14	Seram	6.7 M_w	VI	4		Tsunami (local) (7 m (23 ft))	^[29]
2005-03-28	Sumatra	8.6 M_w	VI	1,314	1,146
2004-12-26	Sumatra–Andaman	9.1–9.3 M_w	IX	227,898		Tsunami (basin wide), 167,540 fatalities in Indonesia
2004-11-26	Papua	7.1 M_w	VIII	32	130–213
2004-11-11	Alor	7.5 M_w	VIII	34	400	Severe damage	^[30]
2004-02-07	Western New Guinea	7.3 M_w				Doublet / Damage at Nabire	^[31]
2004-02-05	Western New Guinea	7.0 M_w	VI	37		Doublet	^[32]
2004-01-01	Bali	5.8 M_w	VI	1	29	Several thousand buildings damaged	NGDC
2003-05-26	Halmahera	7.0 M_w		1			^[33]
2002-11-02	Sumatra	7.3 M_w	VI	3	65
2002-10-10	Western New Guinea	7.6 M_w		8		Tsunami (local)	^[34]
2000-06-04	Sumatra	7.9 M_w	VI	103	2,174
2000-05-04	Sulawesi	7.6 M_w	VII	46	264	Tsunami (local)	NGDC
1996-02-17	Biak	8.1 M_w	VIII	166	423
1996-01-01	Sulawesi	7.9 M_w		8		Tsunami (local)	^[35]
1995-10-06	Sumatra	6.8 M_w		84	1868	Extreme damage	NGDC
1994-06-03	Java	7.8 M_w	IV	250		Tsunami (local)
1994-02-15	Sumatra	7.0 M_w	VII	207	2,000+
1992-12-11	Flores	7.8 M_w	IX–X	2,500	500	Tsunami (local)
1989-08-01	West Papua	6.0 M_w	VIII	120	125
1984-11-17	Sumatra	7.2 M_w	VII		1
1982-12-25	Flores	5.9 M_w	VI	13	390
1981-01-19	Papua	6.8 M_L		305		Hundreds missing
1979-12-18	Bali	6.3 M_s	VIII	27	200+
1977-08-19	Sumba	8.3 M_w		180	1,100	Tsunami (local)
1976-07-15	Bali	6.5 M_s	IX	573	4,750
1976-06-25	Papua	7.1 M_w	X	422		Landslides, thousands missing
1968-10-19	Sulawesi	7.4 M_L		213
1965-01-24	Sanana	8.2 M_w		71
1943-06-09	Sumatra	7.5 M_w				Doublet
1943-07-23	Java	7.0 M_w	VIII	213	2,096	Severe damage	NGDC
1943-06-08	Sumatra	7.2 M_w				Doublet
1938-02-01	Banda Sea	8.4 M_w	VII			Tsunami (local)
1935-12-28	Sumatra	7.7 M_w	VIII			Tsunami (local)
1917-01-20	Bali	6.6 M_s	IX	1,500		Landslides
1907-01-04	Sumatra	8.2–8.4 M_w	VIII	2,188		Tsunami (regional)
1899-09-30	Seram	7.8 M_s		3,864		Tsunami (local)
1867-06-10	Java		IX	5		Severe damage	NGDC
1861-02-16	Sumatra	8.5 M_w		2,000+
1852-11-25	Banda Sea	8.3 M_s	IX			Severe damage / tsunami (regional)	NGDC
1834-10-10	Java	7.0 M_w	VIII
1833-11-25	Sumatra	8.8–9.2 M_w		Numerous		Tsunami (local)
1815-11-22	Bali	7.0 M_s		10,253		Tsunami	NGDC
1797-02-10	Sumatra	8.4 M_w		Numerous		Tsunami (local)
1780-01-22	Java	8.5 M_w	X-XI
1699-01-05	Batavia (Jakarta)			28		49 buildings collapsed	^[36]
1674-02-17	Ambon–Seram	6.8 M_s		86	135	Severe damage / tsunami	NGDC
1629-08-01	Banda Sea	8.2–8.8 M_s				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

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^ USGS. "M 7.0 - 228km W of Abepura, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M6.1 - 55km S of Bireun, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M6.7 - northern Sumatra, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M 6.6 - southern Sumatra, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M7.0 - Java, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M7.4 - Simeulue, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M7.5 - Molucca Sea". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M5.8 - northern Sumatra, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M6.7 - Seram, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M7.5 - Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M7.3 - near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M7.0 - Papua, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M7.0 - Halmahera, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M7.6 - near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
^ USGS. "M7.9 - Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia". United States Geological Survey.
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Sources

NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Earthquakes in Indonesia.

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.

v t e Earthquakes in Indonesia
Historical	1629 Banda Sea 1797 Sumatra 1833 Sumatra 1861 Sumatra 1899 Ceram
20th century	1907 Sumatra 1917 Bali 1931 Southwest Sumatra 1935 Sumatra 1938 Banda Sea 1943 Alahan Panjang 1943 Central Java 1965 Ceram Sea 1968 Sulawesi 1969 Sulawesi 1976 Papua 1976 Bali 1977 Sumba 1979 Bali 1981 Irian Jaya 1982 Flores 1984 Northern Sumatra 1989 West Papua 1991 Kalabahi 1992 Flores 1994 Liwa 1994 Java 1996 Sulawesi 1996 Biak 2000 Banggai Islands 2000 Enggano
2000s	2002 Sumatra 2004 Nabire 2004 Indian Ocean 2005 Nias–Simeulue 2006 Yogyakarta 2006 Pangandaran March 2007 Sumatra September 2007 Sumatra 2008 Sulawesi 2009 Papua 2009 Talaud Islands 2009 West Java September 2009 Sumatra
2010s	April 2010 Sumatra May 2010 Northern Sumatra 2010 Papua 2010 Mentawai 2011 Aceh Singkil Regency 2012 Indian Ocean 2013 Aceh 2016 Mentawai 2016 Aceh 2017 Java 2018 West Java July 2018 Lombok 5 August 2018 Lombok 19 August 2018 Lombok 2018 Sulawesi 2018 East Java 2019 Lombok 2019 North Maluku 2019 Sunda Strait 2019 Ambon
2020s	2021 Sulawesi
Related topics	Sunda Trench Great Sumatran fault Sunda megathrust Geology of the Sumatra Trench Palu-Koro Fault

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