August 9, 2018 Earthquake: Lombok Island, Indonesia

Name: August 9, 2018 Earthquake: Lombok Island, Indonesia
Start: 2018-08-09
Location: Lombok Island, Indonesia

August 9, 2018 · M5.9 · 6 deaths

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Lombok Island, Indonesia on August 9, 2018 at 05:25:32 UTC, 15 km below the surface. It killed 6 people.

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: August 9, 2018
Time: 05:25:32 UTC
Place: Lombok Island, Indonesia
Magnitude: 5.9 (Mw)
Focal depth: 15 km (9 mi)
Intensity: VII, very strong shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 8.307° S, 116.230° E
Country: Indonesia
Region: South and Southeast Asia and Indian Ocean
USGS record: The USGS’s page for this earthquake

The toll

Deaths: 6
Injuries: 24
Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Houses damaged: Many (101 to 1,000)

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 happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Six people killed, 24 injured and widespread damage on Lombok.

From the USGS event page for us1000g5n1. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Magnitude estimates

The magnitudes the USGS catalog lists for this earthquake, by scale and by who computed them. NCEI’s own scales are in the table above.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.9	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.044 · 49 stations
5.91	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.8	Mwb, body-wave moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Moment tensor · Reviewed

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Six people killed, 24 injured and widespread damage on Lombok. Mataram, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia - CDI: 7; Sinjai, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia - CDI: 5; Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia - CDI: 5; Ubud, Bali, Indonesia - CDI: 4; Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia - CDI: 4 (reference #13456)

The impact of the 6 SR earthquake that rocked Lombok 9/8/2018 at 12:25 WIB: 2 people were killed (Zulhadi, Sarafudin), 24 people were injured, and many buildings were damaged. Alfamart shop in Mataram Bedilk collapsed by an earthquake. This building was previously damaged during the 7 SR earthquake (08/08/2018). (reference #12204)

Sources NCEI cites

The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.

#12204 Nugroho, Sutopo Purwo. BNPB (Indonesia) (2018). Twitter account of Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Head of BNPB Information and Public Relations Center at National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB), Indonesia. Published 09 August 2018.
#13456 U.S. Geological Survey (2017 to present). Earthquake Hazards Program, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog of Earthquake Events and Products.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 2018 The 2000s Every quake the USGS located in 2018 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 10352. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event us1000g5n1, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.