January 10, 2010 Earthquake: Garut, Java, Indonesia
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.
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
- 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.
- July 17, 2006, Java, Indonesia
- November 21, 2022, Cianjur, W Java, Indonesia
- September 2, 2009, Java, Indonesia
- November 2, 1979, Java, Indonesia
- October 25, 1875, Kuningan, W Java, Indonesia
- December 15, 2017, Java, Indonesia
- September 18, 2024, Bandung, Java, Indonesia
- April 27, 2024, Bandung, Java, Indonesia
- February 2, 2005, Garut, Java, Indonesia
- June 16, 1971, Buaran,bantar Kawsun,jipang, Java, Indonesia
- February 9, 1975, Java, Indonesia
- September 26, 1957, S. Java Sea, Indonesia
- April 16, 1980, Tasikmalaja, Java, Indonesia
- July 6, 1990, W, Kuningan, Majalenga, Java, Indonesia
- March 21, 2003, Caracas, Cilimus, Sampora, 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 8992.