Serang

Earthquakes near Serang, 1927–2026

From 1927 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 13 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Serang, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. 3 of them reached magnitude 7 or more; the strongest was a magnitude 7.5, twice: on June 24, 1933 (48 km SW of Kotabumi, Indonesia) 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 Serang in the last 30 days.

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What the record holds

4 earthquakes here in these years are on NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes. NOAA records deaths in 4 of the events here, 445 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 5 on March 10, 2020 (11 km W of Cicurug, Indonesia). NOAA lists 4 tsunamis that began within 100 km of Serang. The highest water NOAA records here was 85.27 m, on December 22, 2018. The deadliest, on December 22, 2018, killed 151 people here by NOAA’s runup records. NOAA lists 6 significant eruptions of 2 volcanoes within 100 km of Serang. The largest was Krakatau on December 22, 2018, at 4 on the volcanic explosivity index. It killed 437 people by NOAA’s count.

The events

  • March 10, 2020Earthquake · M 5.011 km W of Cicurug, IndonesiaUSGS · NOAA NCEI
  • December 22, 2018Eruption · VEI 4Krakatau · 437 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • December 22, 2018Tsunami · 85.27 m hereKrakatau · 151 deaths here (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • August 8, 2007Earthquake · M 7.535 km NNE of Rengasdengklok, IndonesiaUSGS
  • June 24, 1933Earthquake · M 7.548 km SW of Kotabumi, IndonesiaUSGS · NOAA NCEI

Good to know

  • An event counts for Serang 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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