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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.
A major earthquake in Yogyakarta on 27 May 2006 killed 5,716 people. [10] A magnitude 7.7 earthquake caused a tsunami around west and central Java on 17 July 2006 and killed 668 people. [11] The 2009 Sumatra earthquakes on 30 september caused severe damages in Western Sumatra, killing around 1,110 people and leaving 2,180 injured. [12]
The ReliefWeb Indonesian page provides information on disasters in Indonesia since the mid-1980s. The website of the Java Reconstruction Fund, which was established after the major earthquake in Yogyakarta in 2006, provides useful references about approaches to disaster relief in Indonesia. Disaster displacement: Indonesia country briefing, 2023
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history. According to United Nations estimates, more than 220,000 people were killed ...
1899 Ceram earthquake; 1907 Sumatra earthquake; 1909 Kerinci earthquake; 1917 Bali earthquake; 1926 Padang Panjang earthquakes; 1931 Southwest Sumatra earthquake; 1933 Sumatra earthquake; 1935 Sumatra earthquake; 1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes; 1943 Central Java earthquake; 1968 Sulawesi earthquake; 1969 Sulawesi earthquake; 1976 Papua ...
The 1976 Bali earthquake occurred at 15:13 local time on 14 July with a surface-wave magnitude of 6.5. The shock occurred 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the Bali Sea coast of the Buleleng Regency , and about 65 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of Denpasar .
The 1979 Bali earthquake occurred at 03:58 local time on 18 December with a surface-wave magnitude of 6.3. The shock occurred southeast of the coast of Karangasem Regency in the Lombok Strait , and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) east-northeast of Denpasar .
The 2002 Sumatra earthquake occurred at 01:26 UTC on 2 November. It had a magnitude of 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale with an epicenter just north of Simeulue island and caused three deaths. This earthquake is regarded as a foreshock of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake , which had an epicenter about 60 km to the northwest.