Event |
Date |
Location |
Summary |
Notes |
1797 Sumatra earthquake |
10 February 1797 |
Padang |
Tsunami localized to Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia |
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1833 Sumatra earthquake |
25 November 1833 |
Sumatra |
Tsunami along the southwest coast of Sumatra |
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1861 Sumatra earthquake |
16 February 1861 |
Sumatra |
Tsunami along the northwest coast of Sumatra |
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1883 eruption of Krakatoa |
27 August 1883 |
Krakatoa |
Collapse of Krakatoa caused tsunami sweeping over neighbouring islands and onto Sumatra and Java |
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1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami |
12 December 1992 |
Flores |
1,490 deaths in Maumere and 700 in Babi Island. |
3–4 metres wave run up heights occurred along the eastern coasts of Maumere, Maximum run up height of 26 metres (85 feet) at Riangkroko village. |
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1994 Java earthquake |
3 June 1994 |
Eastern coasts of Java, Bali |
250 deaths caused by tsunami. |
Run up heights of 14 metres on Eastern Java coast, 5 metres on Bali coasts. |
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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami |
26 December 2004 |
Aceh |
Large earthquake near Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia causing a transoceanic tsunami |
One of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history, with a death toll of 227,898. |
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2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami |
17 July 2006 |
South and west coasts of West Java and Central Java |
668 deaths occurred as a result of a tsunami which inundated 300 km of coast line on the southern Java coast. |
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2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami |
25 October 2010 |
Mentawai Islands |
Tsunami swept the coastal areas of the Mentawai Islands, off the west coast of Sumatra |
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2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami |
28 September 2018 |
Palu |
Large earthquake near Donggala caused a tsunami that funneled into a bay rising high at Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia |
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2018 Sunda Strait tsunami |
22 December 2018 |
Banten – Lampung |
Eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait caused a tsunami and landslide |
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