Significant earthquakes of 1867

June 10, 1867 Earthquake: Jogyakarta, Surakarta, Java, Indonesia

June 10, 1867 · 5 deaths · 372 houses destroyed

An earthquake struck Jogyakarta, Surakarta, Java, Indonesia on June 10, 1867. It killed 5 people.

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The earthquake

Date
June 10, 1867
Place
Jogyakarta, Surakarta, Java, Indonesia
Intensity
9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Epicenter
7.800° S, 110.400° E
Country
Indonesia

The toll

Deaths
5
Damage
Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Houses destroyed
372

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.

1867, June 10. Intensity VIII-IX. Jogyakarta: Central Java - in Jogyakarta and Surakarta 372 houses collapsed or partially collapsed, while only 5 persons lost their lives.

(reference #1188)

1867, June 10. Severe destructions in Djokjakarta and Soerakarta from Bantoel (south of Djocjakarta) to Klaten. Landslides on the slopes of the volcano Merapi. (Nat. Tijdschr. 30, 1868, p. 478-485). (reference #1122)

1867, June 9, 9h 9m p.m. Java, Djokjakarta, Bojolali, and Klatten, and all over Java except the Preanger. Intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)

June 10, 1867. This event heavily damaged government and private buildings, with maximum intensities along the volcanic front. A seaquake was observed in the backarc. While no tsunami occurred and the high inland intensities follow structural trends, frequently indicating an inland epicenter, there are no pervasive strike-slip faults here. The regional extent of moderate and high intensities suggests that this event may have occurred on the plate interface. (reference #8795)

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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 2117.