Every countryIndonesia

Indonesia earthquakes in 1922

4 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Indonesia in 1922. The largest: M7.0 84 km SSE of Dompu, Indonesia, May 9, 1922.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

19211923

Map

Where every quake of 1922 was located in Indonesia. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

Every quake of 1922

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 6.469 km NNE of Luwuk, Indonesia · 35 km deep
  2. 7.084 km SSE of Dompu, Indonesia · 35 km deep
  3. 6.2168 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia · 30 km deep
  4. 6.9148 km E of Biak, Indonesia · 25 km deep

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 19220
February 19220
March 19220
April 192226.9148 km E of Biak, Indonesia
May 192217.084 km SSE of Dompu, Indonesia
June 19220
July 19220
August 19220
September 192216.469 km NNE of Luwuk, Indonesia
October 19220
November 19220
December 19220

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

Indonesia nowWorldwide in 1922

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.