Malang

Earthquakes near Malang, 1927–2026

From 1927 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 2 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Malang, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. The strongest was a magnitude 6.6 on September 28, 1998 (8 km WSW of Sumberpucung, Indonesia).

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The last 30 days · as of

USGS recorded one earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Malang in the last 30 days.

The latest: magnitude 4.6 on October 12 (25 km SSE of Blitar, Indonesia).

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What the record holds

The deadliest was not the strongest: a magnitude 6 on April 10, 2021 (45 km S of Sumberpucung, Indonesia), for which NOAA records 10 deaths. 2 earthquakes here in these years are on NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes. NOAA records deaths in 25 of the events here, 943 in all. NOAA lists 3 tsunamis from elsewhere that reached the coast within 100 km of Malang with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 5.5 m, on June 2, 1994. NOAA lists 27 significant eruptions of 3 volcanoes within 100 km of Malang. The largest was Kelud on August 31, 1951, at 4 on the volcanic explosivity index. The deadliest was Semeru on May 14, 1981, which killed 372 people by NOAA’s count.

The events

  • April 10, 2021Earthquake · M 6.045 km S of Sumberpucung, Indonesia · 10 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • September 28, 1998Earthquake · M 6.68 km WSW of Sumberpucung, Indonesia · one death (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI
  • June 2, 1994Tsunami · 5.5 m hereSouth Of JavaNOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • May 14, 1981Eruption · VEI 3Semeru · 372 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • August 31, 1951Eruption · VEI 4Kelud · 7 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia

Good to know

  • An event counts for Malang 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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