June 25, 1933 Earthquake: S Sumatera, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck S Sumatera, Indonesia on June 25, 1933 at 05:43:22 UTC, 20 km below the surface.
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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
- June 25, 1933
- Time
- 05:43:22 UTC
- Place
- S Sumatera, Indonesia
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 20 km (12 mi)
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 5.007° S, 104.501° E
- Country
- Indonesia
The toll
- Deaths
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- 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.
1933, June 25. 5 S, 104.2 E. Intensity VIII-IX. South Sumatera: The quake seemed to have been followed by a number of aftershocks. Damage to structures over the western part of south Sumatera. Gaping fissures and subsidences in the ground were observed along an imaginary line connecting Kotaagung with Makaka, crossing the Barisan mountain range (Bukit Barisan). (reference #1188)
1933, June 25. 3.19 S, 103.54 E, magnitude 7.5, 76 deaths (reference #11454)
1933, June 25 05:43:22.07 UTC, 5.0070 S, 104.5010 E, depth 20, magnitude 5.77 Mw (reference #10476)
Several persons were killed by an earthquake which struck Benkulen on June 26th. (reference #12585)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- February 15, 1994, Southern Sumatera, Liwa, Lampung, Indonesia
- September 9, 2008, Southern, Sumatra, Indonesia
- June 24, 1933, S Sumatera, Indonesia
- April 21, 1958, Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
- June 19, 1930, Java-S. Java Sea, Indonesia
- May 12, 2006, Kaliandak, Sumatra, Indonesia
- January 29, 1986, S, Hahat, Muaraenim, Sumatera, Indonesia
- December 16, 1963, Labuhan, Menes, Ponorogo, Java, Indonesia
- September 25, 1931, SW. Sumatra, Indonesia
- January 9, 1852, Telukbetung, Djakarta, Sumatra, Java, 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 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 10466.