On 23 January 2018, at 13:34:50 Western Indonesian Time (06:34:54 UTC), an

earthquake An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from those so weak they ...

struck the

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

n island of

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

near the regency of Lebak. The earthquake, measured 5.9 on the , occurred approximately 40 kilometres south of the village of Binuangeun at a depth of 43.9 kilometres. The earthquake was categorized as a strong and shallow earthquake. Strong shaking were widely reported across Banten, Lampung,

West Java West Java (, ) is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to t ...

, Central Java and

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

. The tremor in Jakarta was much harder than in other recent quakes. By the virtue of its distance from the Indo-Australian plate, the capital normally does not experience strong tremors. Two people were indirectly killed by the earthquake.

Damage and casualties

Property damage was reported in West Java and Banten. In the Lebak and

Sukabumi Sukabumi () is a landlocked city surrounded by the Sukabumi Regency, regency of the same name (within which it is an enclave and exclave, enclave) in the southern foothills of Mount Gede, in West Java, Indonesia, about south of the national ca ...

regencies, 2,760 and 3,669 buildings were damaged respectively. Two people died from heart attacks in Lebak and

and 35 others were injured. The Depok city hall was damaged by the earthquake as well.

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* 2018 disasters in Indonesia Earthquakes in Java 2018 earthquakes Earthquakes in Indonesia 2010s in Java History of Banten January 2018 in Indonesia 2010s in West Java 2010s in Jakarta {{Asia-earthquake-stub