This is an incomplete list of more recent recorded major earthquakes that have occurred within the boundaries of Indonesia

Indonesia

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—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.

Locations given are either the island/region within Indonesia, or one of the seas within the archipelago.

Note some recent earthquakes are known by their dates rather than specific locations—the Boxing Day 2004 earthquake is also known by the name Sumatra Andaman Island earthquake.

List of Indonesian earthquakes

Date	Location	Magnitude	Fatalities	Description
1797 02 10	Sumatra	8.4	>300
1833 11 25	Sumatra	8.8-9.2	'numerous'
1861 02 16	Sumatra	8.5	'several thousand'
1917 01 20	Bali		1,500
1938 02 01	Banda Sea	8.5
1976 06 25	Papua	7.1	5,000
1981 01 19	Papua	6.7	305
1984 11 17	Northern Sumatra	7.2
1992 12 12	Flores Region	7.8	2,500
1994 06 03	Off the Southern Coast of Eastern Java	7.8	200+
1996 02 17	Biak	8.1	108
2000 06 04	Southern Sumatra	7.9	103
2002 10 10	Western New Guinea	7.6	8
2002 11 02	Northern Sumatra	7.4	3
2003 05 26	Halmahera	7.0	1
2004 01 28	Seram	6.7
2004 02 05	Western New Guinea	7.0	37
2004 02 07	Western New Guinea	7.3
2004 07 25	Southern Sumatra	7.3
2004 11 11	Kepulauan Alor	7.5	34
2004 11 26	Papua	7.1	32
2004 12 26	Sumatra-Andaman Islands	9.1-9.3	283,106
2005 01 01	Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra	6.7
2005 02 19	Sulawesi	6.5
2005 02 26	Simeulue	6.8
2005 03 02	Banda Sea	7.1
2005 03 28	Northern Sumatra	8.6	1,313
2005 04 10	Kepulauan Mentawai Region	6.7
2005 05 14	Nias Region	6.7
2005 05 19	Nias Region	6.9
2005 07 05	Nias Region	6.7
2005 11 19	Simeulue	6.5
2006 01 27	Banda Sea	7.6
2006 03 14	Seram	6.7	4
2006 05 16	Nias Region	6.8
2006 05 26	Java	6.3	5,780
2006 07 17	Java	7.7	730
2006 07 23	Sulawesi	6.1
2006 12 18	North Sumatra	5.8	7
2007 01 21	Molucca Sea	7.5	4
2007 03 06	Sumatra	6.4, 6.3	68
2007 08 09	Java	7.5		The quake was located 70 mile Mile A mile is a unit of length, most commonly 5,280 feet . The mile of 5,280 feet is sometimes called the statute mile or land mile to distinguish it from the nautical mile... s (110 km Kilometre The kilometre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres and is therefore exactly equal to the distance travelled by light in free space in of a second... ) east-northeast of Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre... , at a depth of 175 miles (282 km).
2007 09 12	Sumatra	8.5, 7.9, 7.1	23
2008 02 20	Simeulue	7.4	3
2008 02 25	Kepulauan Mentawai Region	7.0, 6.4, 6.6
2008 11 16	Sulawesi	7.5, 5.6	4
2009 01 04	West Papua	7.6	4
2009 02 12	Talaud Islands	7.2
2009 08 16	Siberut, Mentawai Islands	6.7
2009 09 02	Java	7.0	15
2009 09 30	Sumatra	7.6	1,117
2010 04 06	Sumatra	7.8
2010 05 19	Sumatra	7.2	Unreported
2010 10 25	Sumatra	7.7	435
2011 04 03	Java	6.7	Unreported
2011 09 05	Northern Sumatra	6.6	1

Historical maps

• Hamilton, Warren, (1974) Earthquake map of the Indonesian region Scale 1:5 000 000 ; Mercator proj. (E 90p0s—E 148p0s/N 12p0s—S 16p0s) Reston, Va. :US Geological Survey "Folio of the Indonesian region MAP I-875-C".

External links

• USGS overview