Significant earthquakes of 2022

November 21, 2022 Earthquake: Cianjur, W Java, Indonesia

November 21, 2022 · M5.6 · 635 deaths · $256 million · 13,633 houses destroyed

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Cianjur, W Java, Indonesia on November 21, 2022 at 06:21:07 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 635 people.

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The earthquake

Date
November 21, 2022
Time
06:21:07 UTC
Place
Cianjur, W Java, Indonesia
Magnitude
5.6 (Mw)
Focal depth
10 km (6 mi)
Intensity
8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
6.836° S, 106.997° E
Country
Indonesia

The toll

Deaths
635
Missing
5
Injuries
10,595
Damage
$256 million
Houses destroyed
13,633
Houses damaged
42,645

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.

Reference #13404, #13405: 635 deaths, 5 missing. The number of fatalities in this earthquake had experienced a sharp spike. Previously, onThursday (1/12), 329 people died. Meanwhile, on Monday (12/12), the Regent of Cianjur reported that the number of fatalities had touched 600 people. He said, this surge occurred because there were approximately 265 casualties that were not reported by the family. Reporting from the Instagram account of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Kab. Cianjur on Wednesday (21/11), as many as 593 people were seriously injured and 114,683 residents were forced to flee. Meanwhile, for other damage data, the BPBD recorded 16 sub-districts consisting of 169 affected villages. At least 56,548 houses were declared damaged with details of 13,633 houses heavily damaged, 16,059 moderately damaged, and 26,586 lightly damaged.

Reference #13417:

Cianjur Region collected by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB, 2022) up until November 28th: Heavily damaged: 26,237 units; Moderately damaged: 14,196 units; Lightly damaged: 22,786 units.

The number of residential damages in other regions up until November 21st, 2022, are presented below (BNBP, 2022): Bogor region: 46 units, Sukabumi region: 434 units, Sukabumi city: 14 units.

Reference# 13460:

602 fatalities

Reference #1250:

334 deaths, 4645 injured

Reference #13723, #13727:

256 million dollars in economic losses

At least 327 people killed, 10,595 injured and 13 missing; more than 62,000 houses and 368 schools damaged; several landslides and power outages occurred across 16 districts in Kabupaten Cianjur. Maximum intensity VIII.Karang Tengah, Jawa Barat, Indonesia - CDI: 8 Pacet, Jawa Barat, Indonesia - CDI: 8 Cianjur, Jawa Barat, Indonesia - CDI: 8 Sukabumi, Jawa Barat, Indonesia - CDI: 5 Ciawi, Jawa Barat, Indonesia - CDI: 5 (reference #13456)

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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 10654.