September 18, 2024 Earthquake: Bandung, Java, Indonesia
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Bandung, Java, Indonesia on September 18, 2024 at 02:41:06 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 2 people.
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The earthquake
- Date
- September 18, 2024
- Time
- 02:41:06 UTC
- Place
- Bandung, Java, Indonesia
- Magnitude
- 5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 7.242° S, 107.566° E
- Country
- Indonesia
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 139
- Damage
- $30 million
- Houses destroyed
- 784
- Houses damaged
- 5,379
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.
At least two people killed, 139 injured, 784 homes destroyed and 5,379 homes and 226 buildings damaged in Kabupaten Bandung. Twenty people injured, 6 homes destroyed and 1,231 homes and 44 buildings damaged in Kabupaten Garut. One home destroyed and 2 damaged in Kabupaten Bandung Barat; 1 home destroyed in Kapupaten Purwakarta; 1 home damaged in Kabupaten Bogor; 1 home damaged at Cimahi. (reference #13456)
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 M (4.9 M for Indonesian authorities) with a depth of 10 kilometres hit Bandung Regency, West Java Province on 18 September, at 2.41 UTC (09.41 local time). The epicenter of the earthquake was inland 16 km east-southeast of Banjar city. According to the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB), one person died, 75 people were injured -19 of them seriously, 470 people were displaced and almost 2,800 were affected across the Bandung regency. Moreover, almost 700 houses and public buildings have been damaged in the aforementioned regency. (reference #13844)
30 million USD in damages (reference #1250)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 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
- February 2, 2005, Garut, Java, Indonesia
- January 10, 2010, Garut, Java, Indonesia
- April 27, 2024, Bandung, Java, Indonesia
- February 9, 1975, Java, Indonesia
- June 16, 1971, Buaran,bantar Kawsun,jipang, Java, Indonesia
- January 23, 2018, Banten, Java, Indonesia
- January 1, 2024, Sumedang, W Java, Indonesia
- July 6, 1990, W, Kuningan, Majalenga, Java, Indonesia
- January 14, 1900, Sukabumi, Java, Indonesia
- February 10, 1982, Java, Sukabumi, 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 10757.