March 5, 1836 Earthquake: Flores Sea, Indonesia
An earthquake struck Flores Sea, Indonesia on March 5, 1836. It caused a tsunami.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- March 5, 1836
- Place
- Flores Sea, Indonesia
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 8.300° S, 118.700° E
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- South and Southeast Asia and Indian Ocean
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1836, March 5. Bima. There was a strong earthquake accompanied
by a tidal wave, which inundated the locality. (reference #414)
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #414 Soloviev, S.L., and Ch.N. Go (1974). A catalogue of tsunamis on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean [dates include 173-1968. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Nauka Publishing House, Moscow, 439 p. [Canadian Translation of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences no. 5077, 1984, translation available from Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A OS2, 447 p.]
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 29, 1820, Makasar, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- November 25, 2007, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia
- November 8, 2009, Bima, Sumabawa, Indonesia
- December 1, 2006, Bima, Sumabawa, Indonesia
- November 28, 1836, Flores Sea, Indonesia
- November 28, 1837, Bima, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia
- November 2, 1954, Bima,raba, Sumabawa, Indonesia
- January 23, 2003, Dompu, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia
- July 31, 2016, West Nusa Tenggara, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia
- March 11, 1982, Sumbawa Island Region, Indonesia
- December 29, 1828, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 6046.