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.

Map of earthquakes in Indonesia 1900–2019
Earthquakes in Sumatra
2004
1833
2005
1861
2007
1797
Six of the ten strongest Indonesian earthquakes ≥ 8.3 Mw occurred near Sumatra and along the Sunda Trench.

Earthquakes

2000–present

Date Region Mag. MMI Fatalities Injuries Comments Notes
2023-06-30 Special Region of Yogyakarta 5.8 Mw IV 1 23 Severe damage [1]
2023-04-24 West Sumatra 7.1 Mw VI Moderate damage [2]
2023-04-14 East Java 7.0 Mw V 1 [3]
2023-01-18 North Maluku 7.0 Mw V Minor damage [4]
2023-01-09 Maluku 7.6 Mw VI 11 Moderate damage [5]
2022-12-03 Java 5.7 Mw IV 2 Slight damage [6]
2022-11-21 Java 5.6 Mw VIII 335–635 7,729 Extreme damage [7]
2022-09-30 Sumatra 5.9 Mw VII 2 25 Moderate damage [8]
2022-02-25 Sumatra 6.1 Mw VIII 27 457 Severe damage
2022-01-14 Java 6.6 Mw VI 10 3,000 buildings damaged [9]
2021-12-14 Flores 7.3 Mw VI 1 173 Severe damage [10]
2021-10-16 Bali 4.7 Mw IV 4 72 [11]
2021-08-26 Sulawesi 5.5 Mw  VII 1 39 [12]
2021-07-26 Sulawesi 6.3 Mw  VI 1 [13]
2021-04-11 Java 6.0 Mw V 10 104 [14]
2021-02-03 Sulawesi 4.9 Mw  III 1 [15]
2021-01-14 Sulawesi 6.2 Mw  VI 105 3,369 [16]
2020-10-27 Sulawesi 5.4 Mw  VI 1 [17]
2019-11-12 Maluku 5.0 Mw IV 2 9 Aftershock. [18]
2019-11-04 Molucca Sea 7.1 Mw VII 1 3 [19]
2019-10-10 Maluku 5.2 Mw  IV 1 3 Casualties due to damage to a college. [20][21]
2019-09-25 Maluku 6.5 Mw VII 41 1,578 Landslides. [22]
2019-08-02 Java 6.9 Mw VI 8 8 [23]
2019-07-14 North Maluku 7.2 Mw VIII 14 129 [24]
2019-04-12 Sulawesi 6.8 Mw VI 1 [25]
2019-03-17 Lombok 5.5 Mw V 6 182 [26]
2018-11-14 Sulawesi 5.6 Mw VII 7 6 Landslides. [27]
2018-10-10 Java 6.0 Mw V 4 36 [28]
2018-09-28 Sulawesi 7.5 Mw X 4,340 10,679 Major tsunami (up to 11m), more than 600 people missing. [29]
2018-08-19 Lombok 6.9 Mw VII 14 24 Fatalities also in Sumbawa. [30]
2018-08-19 Lombok 6.3 Mw VII 2 3 Aftershock. [31]
2018-08-09 Lombok 5.9 Mw VII 6 24 Aftershock. [32]
2018-08-05 Lombok 6.9 Mw VIII 513 1,353 Widespread damage. [33]
2018-07-29 Lombok 6.4 Mw VIII 20 401 Foreshock. [34][35]
2018-07-21 Sumatra 5.2 MW 1 2 [36]
2018-04-18 Java 4.5 MW 3 21 Buildings damaged in Kalibening District. [37]
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 [38]
2017-10-31 Ambon 6.3 Mw VII 1 [39]
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. [40]
2013-07-02 Sumatra 6.1 Mw 43 276 [41]
2013-04-06 Papua 7.0 Mw  VII 3 2 Deaths from landslides. [42][43]
2012-08-18 Sulawesi 6.3 Mw VIII 6 43 Severe damage [44]
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 [45]
2011-09-05 Sumatra 6.7 Mw 10 [46]
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
2010-01-10 Java 5.1 Mw  V 1 2 [47]
2009-10-01 Sumatra 6.6 Mw VII 3 Severe damage. [48]
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) [49]
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 [50]
2007-09-13 Sumatra 7.4 Mw VIII
2007-09-13 Sumatra 7.9 Mw VIII 23 88
2007-09-12 Sumatra 8.5 Mw X
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 [51]
2006-12-18 Sumatra 5.8 Mw VI 7 [52]
2006-07-17 Java 7.7 Mw IV 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)) [53]
2005-03-28 Sumatra 8.6 Mw VIII 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 [54]
2004-02-07 Western New Guinea 7.3 Mw Doublet / Damage at Nabire [55]
2004-02-05 Western New Guinea 7.0 Mw VI 37 Doublet [56]
2004-01-01 Bali 5.8 Mw VI 1 29 Several thousand buildings damaged NGDC 1972
2003-05-26 Halmahera 7.0 Mw VIII[57] 1 [58]
2002-11-02 Sumatra 7.3 Mw VI 3 65
2002-10-10 Western New Guinea 7.6 Mw 8 Tsunami (local) [59]
2000-06-04 Sumatra 7.9 Mw IX 103 2,174
2000-05-04 Sulawesi 7.6 Mw VII 46 264 Tsunami (local) NGDC 1972

1900-1999

Date Region Mag. MMI Fatalities Injuries Comments
1999-12-21 Java 6.5 Mw VII 5 220
1998-11-29 North Maluku 7.7 Mw  IX 41 171 Tsunami
1996-02-17 Biak 8.1 Mw IX 166 423
1996-01-01 Sulawesi 7.9 Mw 8 Tsunami (local) [60]
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+
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
1968-10-14 Sulawesi 7.4 ML 213
1965-01-24 Sanana 8.2 Mw 71
1950-06-12 Java 6.6 Mw VII 16 [61]
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 [62]
1938-02-01 Banda Sea 8.5-8.6 Mw VII Tsunami (local)
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)
1926-06-28 West Sumatra 7.6 ML VII 354
1917-01-20 Bali 6.6 Ms IX 1,500 Landslides
1913-03-14 Mindanao 7.9 Mw  IX 138
1907-01-04 Sumatra 8.2–8.4 Mw VIII 2,188 Tsunami (regional)

1629-1899

Date Region Mag. MMI Fatalities Injuries Comments
1899-09-30 Seram 7.8 Ms 3,864 Tsunami (local)
1898-01-06 Ambon 126 300+ Heavy damage [63]
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 [64]
1833-11-25 Sumatra 8.8–9.2 Mw Numerous Tsunami (local)
1820-12-29 Flores Sea 7.5 Mw 500 Tsunami [65]
1815-11-22 Bali 7.0 Ms 10,253 Tsunami NGDC 1972
1797-02-10 Sumatra 8.4 Mw Numerous Tsunami (local)
1780-01-22 Java 8.0-8.5 Mw VIII Severe Damage [64]
1699-01-05 Batavia (Jakarta) 7.4-8.0 Mw IX 128 Severe Damage [66]
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)
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

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