January 29, 1986 Earthquake: S, Hahat, Muaraenim, Sumatera, Indonesia
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck S, Hahat, Muaraenim, Sumatera, Indonesia on January 29, 1986 at 11:56:34 UTC, 33 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
- January 29, 1986
- Time
- 11:56:34 UTC
- Place
- S, Hahat, Muaraenim, Sumatera, Indonesia
- Magnitude
- 5 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 33 km (21 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 3.904° S, 103.461° E
- Country
- Indonesia
The toll
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- February 15, 1994, Southern Sumatera, Liwa, Lampung, Indonesia
- June 4, 2000, Bengkulu, Enggano, Sumatra, Indonesia
- June 25, 1914, Sumatera, Indonesia
- December 15, 1979, S Sumatera, Indonesia
- September 9, 2008, Southern, Sumatra, Indonesia
- June 7, 2000, Lahat, Southern Sumatera, Indonesia
- April 21, 1958, Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
- October 10, 1896, SW. Sumatra, Java, Indonesia
- September 25, 1931, SW. Sumatra, Indonesia
- June 25, 1933, S Sumatera, Indonesia
- June 24, 1933, S Sumatera, 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 5090.