July 16, 1865 Earthquake: Ambarawa, Java, Indonesia

Name: July 16, 1865 Earthquake: Ambarawa, Java, Indonesia
Start: 1865-07-16
Location: Ambarawa, Java, Indonesia

July 16, 1865

An earthquake struck Ambarawa, Java, Indonesia on July 16, 1865.

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: July 16, 1865
Place: Ambarawa, Java, Indonesia
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 7.200° S, 110.300° E
Country: Indonesia

The toll

Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

July 16, 1865, Java, Ambarawa, 6 and 7 p.m. Bajoe-Biroe and elsewhere in Semarang, intensity II which corresponds to buildings may be unroofed or shattered and some may fall, the ground may be badly cracked in places and small landslips occur. (reference #1055)

July 17, 1865, intensity VII. Banyubiru: Central Java - some buildings and houses suffered considerable damage caused by an earthquake. (reference #1188)

1865. Ambarawa earthquakes. The town of Ambarawa, the fortress Willem I and Banjoe-biroe were destroyed. The focus is closely connected with the marshy plain called Rawah Pening being beyond a doubt a zone of weakness of the earth's crust. (reference #1122)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

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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 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 2094.