Significant earthquakes of 2010

January 10, 2010 Earthquake: Garut, Java, Indonesia

January 10, 2010 · M5.1 · 1 death

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Garut, Java, Indonesia on January 10, 2010 at 00:25:04 UTC, 65 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.

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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 10, 2010
Time
00:25:04 UTC
Place
Garut, Java, Indonesia
Magnitude
5.1 (mb)
Focal depth
65 km (40 mi)
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
7.907° S, 107.879° E
Country
Indonesia

The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
2

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.

One person died from a heart attack in

Garut and two people injured at Kampungbaru. Felt (V)

at Garut; (IV) at Bandung, Ciamis and Pangandaran;

(III) at Cianjur. Also felt at Bogor and Ciampea. (reference #1053)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

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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 8992.