Pelabuhanratu

Earthquakes near Pelabuhanratu through history

From 1900 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 7 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Pelabuhanratu, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. 4 of them reached magnitude 7 or more; the strongest was a magnitude 7.5, twice: on August 24, 1757 (Jakarta) and on August 8, 2007 (35 km NNE of Rengasdengklok, Indonesia).

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The last 30 days · as of

USGS recorded no earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Pelabuhanratu in the last 30 days.

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What the record holds

The deadliest was not the strongest: a magnitude 5.6 on November 21, 2022 (11 km NE of Sukabumi, Indonesia), for which NOAA records 635 deaths. NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes has 13 here, back to 1722. NOAA records deaths in 5 of the events here, 724 in all. NOAA’s record here begins in October 1722 with an earthquake (Java: Djakarta (Jakarta)). It grows thinner going back: 8 of the 13 significant earthquakes NOAA lists here are from 1927 on. NOAA lists one tsunami from elsewhere that reached the coast within 100 km of Pelabuhanratu with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 2.58 m, on August 27, 1883. NOAA lists one significant eruption of one volcano within 100 km of Pelabuhanratu. The deadliest was Salak on July 7, 2007, which killed 6 people by NOAA’s count.

The events

  • November 21, 2022Earthquake · M 5.611 km NE of Sukabumi, Indonesia · 635 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • August 8, 2007Earthquake · M 7.535 km NNE of Rengasdengklok, IndonesiaUSGS
  • July 7, 2007EruptionSalak · 6 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • August 27, 1883Tsunami · 2.58 m hereKrakatauNOAA NCEI
  • August 24, 1757Earthquake · M 7.5 (est.)JakartaNOAA NCEI
  • October 1722EarthquakeJava: Djakarta (Jakarta)NOAA NCEI

Good to know

  • An event counts for Pelabuhanratu 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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