June 24, 1933 Earthquake: S Sumatera, Indonesia
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck S Sumatera, Indonesia on June 24, 1933 at 21:54:48 UTC, 20 km below the surface.
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
- June 24, 1933
- Time
- 21:54:48 UTC
- Place
- S Sumatera, Indonesia
- Magnitude
- 7.5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 20 km (12 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 5.151° S, 104.528° E
- Country
- Indonesia
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.
1933, June 24, 21:54:46 UTC. 5.5 S, 104.8 E, shallow depth, magnitude 7.5 MS. (reference #88)
1933, June 24, 21:54:46 UTC. 5.5 S, 104.75 E, shallow depth, magnitude 7.5 MS. (reference #130)
1933, June 24, 5.5 S, 104.8 E, depth 60, magnitude 7.5 MS. (reference #11454)
1933, June 24, 21:54:48.88 UTC, 5.151 S, 104.528 E, depth 20, magnitude 7.53 Mw. (reference #10476)
1933, June 24, 21:54:49.45 UTC, 5.522 S, 104.434 E, depth 35, magnitude 7.3 Mw. (reference #10476)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- February 15, 1994, Southern Sumatera, Liwa, Lampung, Indonesia
- June 25, 1933, S Sumatera, Indonesia
- April 21, 1958, Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
- June 19, 1930, Java-S. Java Sea, Indonesia
- May 12, 2006, Kaliandak, Sumatra, Indonesia
- December 16, 1963, Labuhan, Menes, Ponorogo, Java, Indonesia
- January 29, 1986, S, Hahat, Muaraenim, Sumatera, Indonesia
- January 9, 1852, Telukbetung, Djakarta, Sumatra, Java, Indonesia
- September 25, 1931, SW. Sumatra, 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 3521.