Largest earthquakes in or near Indonesia on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

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Since 1900, Indonesia has had 193 quakes of magnitudes up to 9.1:

1 quake above magnitude 9
14 quakes between magnitude 8 and 9
178 quakes between magnitude 7 and 8

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Latest: Mag. 7.1 Earthquake Banda Sea -

Strongest: Mag. 9.1 Earthquake 2004 Sumatra - Andaman Islands Earthquake -

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Showing quakes since 1900magnitude 7 or higher, within up to 100 km (62 mi) distance (193 quakes):

Largest earthquakes in or near Indonesia on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Nov 8, 2023 01:53 pm (GMT +9)	7.1 6 km	116 km (72 mi) to the E	Banda Sea	Info
Monday, August 28, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 29, 2023 03:55 am (Makassar)	7.1 525 km	110 km (68 mi) to the SW	Java Sea, 86 km east of Pulau Sepanjang Island, East Java, Indonesia 2473 reports	Info
Monday, April 24, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 25, 2023 03:00 am (Jakarta)	7.3 84 km	30 km (19 mi) to the W	Indian Ocean, 76 km northwest of Siberut Island, Sumatra Barat, Indonesia 243 reports	Info
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 18, 2023 03:06 pm (Jayapura)	7.1 64 km	93 km (58 mi) to the NE	Maluku Sea, 116 km south of Pulau Kaburuang Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia 13 reports	Info
Monday, January 9, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 10, 2023 02:47 am (Jayapura)	7.9 131 km	75 km (47 mi) to the E	Banda Sea, 101 km northeast of Metang Island, Maluku, Indonesia 880 reports	Info
Wednesday, December 29, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 30, 2021 03:25 am (Jayapura)	7.3 166 km	11 km (6.8 mi) to the E	125 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste 1221 reports	Info
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 14, 2021 11:20 am (GMT +8)	7.3 14 km	52 km (32 mi) to the SE	Banda Sea, 113 km north of Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia 13 reports	Info
Thursday, January 21, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 21, 2021 08:23 pm (GMT +8)	7.0 116 km	84 km (52 mi) to the NE	Talaud Islands, Indonesia 466 reports	Info
Thursday, November 14, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 15, 2019 01:17 am (Jayapura)	7.0 27 km	118 km (73 mi) to the NE	Northern Molucca Sea (Indonesia) 95 reports	Info
Sunday, July 14, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 14, 2019 06:10 pm (Jayapura)	7.1 10 km	1 km (0.6 mi) to the NE	168 km southeast of Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia 13 reports	Info
Monday, June 24, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 24, 2019 11:53 am (Jayapura)	7.3 214 km	93 km (58 mi) to the E	Banda Sea, 90 km west of Pulau Kekeh Besar Island, Maluku, Indonesia 186 reports	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 7.4 x 10¹⁸ joules (2.1 x 10⁶ gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.8 x 10⁹ tons of TNT or 110582.2 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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