Significant earthquakes of 1875

October 25, 1875 Earthquake: Kuningan, W Java, Indonesia

October 25, 1875 · 7 deaths

An earthquake struck Kuningan, W Java, Indonesia on October 25, 1875. It killed 7 people.

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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
October 25, 1875
Place
Kuningan, W Java, Indonesia
Intensity
8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
6.900° S, 108.300° E
Country
Indonesia

The toll

Deaths
7
Damage
Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Houses damaged
1,001

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.

1875, October 25. Intensity VII-VIII. Kunangan: West Java - the quake was felt at Kuningan, Sumedang, and Manonjaya. 628 houses damaged and seven people killed. (reference #1188)

1875, October 25. More than 1000 houses badly damaged at Koeningan (Cheribon) and its surroundings. Slight damage was caused at Cheribon and Manondjaja. (Nat. Tijdschr. 36, 1876. p. 363-375). (reference #1122)

1875, October 24, 11h 32m, p.m. Java, Menendjaja, Bandeong, and elsewhere in the Preanger and in Cheribon. Intensity I which corresponds to an earthquake of intensity

sufficient to crack walls, break chimneys, to shatter old

buildings or to produce cracks in the ground. (reference #1055)

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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 2240.