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__NOTOC__ This is an incomplete list of more recent recorded major earthquakes that have occurred within the boundaries of
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, ...
. 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 The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an government agency, agency of the United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geograp ...
, Indonesia has had more than 150 earthquakes with magnitude > 7 in the period 1901–2019.


Earthquakes


2000–present


1900–1999


1629–1899


Gallery

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een door een aardbeving verwoeste Chinese woonwijk TMnr 10003972.jpg, Earthquake damage in Ambon, 1898 File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Twee Balinezen poseren voor ingestorte huizen op Bali na de aardbeving van 1917 TMnr 10004142.jpg, 1917 Bali earthquake File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Verwoeste gebouwen langs de spoorweg van Padang Pandjang na de aardbeving van 1926 TMnr 10003988.jpg, 1926 Padang Panjang earthquake File:US Navy 050104-N-6817C-236 An aerial view of the Tsunami-stricken coastal region near Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia.jpg,
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+07:00, UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 struck with an epicenter, epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The Submarine earthquake, undersea ...
File:US Navy 050404-N-6665R-077 Indonesian men stand among the rubble that was once their home before it was destroyed by an earthquake on March 28, 2005.jpg,
2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake The 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake occurred on 28 March off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia in the subduction zone of the Sunda megathrust. At least 915 people were killed, mostly on the island of Nias. It was among the top 10 mos ...
File:JogjaEarthquake27Mei2006-3.jpg, 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake File:Damage from the 2009 Padang earthquake. Indonesia 2009. Photo- AusAID (10690967855).jpg,
2009 Sumatra earthquakes The first of the 2009 Sumatra earthquakes () occurred on 30 September off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia with a moment magnitude of 7.6 at . The epicenter was west-northwest of Padang, West Sumatra, and southwest of Pekanbaru, Riau. Governmen ...
File:Ruins of meunasah ulee gle.jpg, 2016 Aceh earthquake File:Lombok earthquake mosque ruin evacuation.jpg, August 2018 Lombok earthquake File:Petobo portrait after Sulawesi earthquake 2.jpg, 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami File:Destroyed Governor office of West Sulawesi.jpg,
2021 West Sulawesi earthquake A Moment magnitude scale, moment magnitude () 6.2 earthquake struck Majene Regency in West Sulawesi, Indonesia, on 15 January 2021, at 02:28 Time in Indonesia, WITA (18:28 UTC). The reverse faulting shock initiated at depth with an epicenter ...
File:Cianjur earthquake damage 1.jpg,
2022 West Java earthquake On 21 November 2022, at 13:21 Time in Indonesia, WIB (UTC+07:00), a 5.6 earthquake struck near Cianjur, Cianjur Regency, Cianjur in West Java, Indonesia. The strike-slip earthquake occurred with a focal depth of . Between 335 and 635 people die ...


See also

* Eurasian plate *
Geology of Indonesia This is a brief summary of the geology of Indonesia. Indonesia is located between two major tectonic plates namely, the Australian Plate and the newly-separated Sunda Plate. Tectonics The tectonics of Indonesia are very complex, as it ...
* Indo-Australian plate *
Krakatoa Krakatoa (), also transcribed (), is a caldera in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The caldera is part of a volcanic island group (Krakatoa archipelago) comprising four islands. Tw ...
*
List of faults in Indonesia Indonesia is a country located close to Plate tectonics, tectonic plate boundaries which causes it to have many active Fault (geology), faults and is prone to earthquakes, Sumatra * Great Sumatran fault * Samalanga-Sipopok Fault * Mentawai Fau ...
* List of historical earthquakes * List of natural disasters in Indonesia * List of tsunamis affecting Indonesia *
List of volcanoes in Indonesia The geography of Indonesia is dominated by volcanoes that are formed due to subduction zones between the Eurasian plate and the Australian plate, Indo-Australian plate. Some of the volcanoes are notable for their eruptions, for instance, Krak ...
*
Seismicity of the Sumatra coast Seismicity of the Sumatran coast identifies and describes the seismic activity of an area of western Indonesia near the island of Sumatra. Seismicity refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. The Suma ...


References


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External links

* 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 1:5,000,000Seismicity 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
* {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Earthquakes in Indonesia
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, ...
Tsunamis in Indonesia
Earthquakes 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 c ...