May 12, 2006 Earthquake: Kaliandak, Sumatra, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Kaliandak, Sumatra, Indonesia on May 12, 2006 at 08:16:56 UTC, 17 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
- May 12, 2006
- Time
- 08:16:56 UTC
- Place
- Kaliandak, Sumatra, Indonesia
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 17 km (11 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 5.575° S, 105.395° E
- Country
- Indonesia
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Some (about 51 to 100)
- Houses damaged
- Some (about 51 to 100)
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.
Some buildings damaged in the Kaliandak area, Sumatra. Felt
(V) at Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung and Panjang and (III)
at Kotabumi, Sumatra. Felt (IV) at Serang and (III) at
Jakarta, Java. Also felt at Cilegon, Java. (above from reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- February 15, 1994, Southern Sumatera, Liwa, Lampung, Indonesia
- December 21, 1999, Pandeglang, W Jawa, SE Sumatera, Indonesia
- January 23, 2018, Banten, Java, Indonesia
- February 9, 1975, Java, Indonesia
- June 19, 1930, Java-S. Java Sea, Indonesia
- December 16, 1963, Labuhan, Menes, Ponorogo, Java, Indonesia
- January 9, 1852, Telukbetung, Djakarta, Sumatra, Java, Indonesia
- June 24, 1933, S Sumatera, Indonesia
- June 25, 1933, S Sumatera, Indonesia
- January 14, 2022, Pandeglang, Banten, Indonesia
- March 16, 1863, Java, Indonesia
- October 1722, Djakarta (Jakarta), Java, Indonesia
- August 24, 1757, Jakarta, Indonesia
- April 21, 1958, Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
- March 10, 2020, Sukabumi, Bogor, 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 7244.