Earthquakes near Jember through history

The strongest was a magnitude 7.3, twice: on November 22, 1815 (Bali) and on September 11, 1916 (Java). The one on November 22, 1815 was the deadliest: NOAA records 11,453 deaths for it. NOAA records deaths in 28 of the events here, 13,771 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is an earthquake on May 29, 2020 (Java: Ijen). NOAA’s record here begins in 1593 with an eruption (Raung). 3 of the 5 significant earthquakes NOAA lists here came before 1927. NOAA lists one tsunami that began within 100 km of Jember, and 4 from elsewhere that reached it with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 13.9 m, on June 2, 1994. The deadliest here came on June 2, 1994 from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake (South Of Java): NOAA’s runup records count 238 deaths within 100 km of Jember. NOAA lists 38 significant eruptions of 5 volcanoes within 100 km of Jember. The largest was Raung in 1593, at 5 on the volcanic explosivity index.

• May 29, 2020EarthquakeJava: Ijen · one death (NOAA)NOAA NCEI
• June 2, 1994Tsunami · 13.9 m hereSouth Of Java · 238 deaths here (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
• September 11, 1916Earthquake · M 7.3JavaNOAA NCEI
• November 22, 1815Earthquake · M 7.3 (est.)Bali · 11,453 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI
• 1593Eruption · VEI 5RaungNOAA NCEI · Wikipedia

• An event counts for Jember when it began within 100 km of its centre, or 200 km for an earthquake of magnitude 7 or more. Damage can reach further.
• USGS counts here start at magnitude 6: the catalogue’s smaller quakes thin out going back, where few instruments listened.
• NOAA lists significant events only: earthquakes that killed, did about $1 million of damage, reached magnitude 7.5 or intensity X, or raised a tsunami, and eruptions and tsunamis by like measures. Magnitudes before 1900 are its estimates from written accounts.
• Deaths are NOAA’s total for each event, wherever people died, its tsunami and fires included. A tsunami counts the dead its runup records give for this place: NOAA’s total for a tsunami includes its source quake’s.
• A tsunami from elsewhere counts where one of its runups killed or rose a metre or more.
• Counted to October 19, 2026, as is the map. The last 30 days ask USGS again.

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