June 5, 1994 Tsunami: South of Java, Indonesia
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake began at South of Java, Indonesia on June 5, 1994 at 01:45:02 UTC. The water rose as high as 3 meters. Its effects were recorded at 1 place.
Where the waves reached
The source (white) and every runup with a place, colored by the water height recorded there. A ring is a runup NCEI marks doubtful.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
The tsunami
- Date
- June 5, 1994, 01:45:02 UTC
- Source
- South of Java, Indonesia
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 6.1, 17 km deep
- Maximum water height
- 3 m (9.8 ft)
- Runups recorded
- 1
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Definite tsunami
- Source location
- 10.341° S, 113.369° E
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this tsunami.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1994, June 5, 01:45. Three big aftershocks occurred; event A (MS 6.5) is at 21h 07min GMT on June 3 (04h07min on June 4 local time), B (MS 6.3) is at 00h58min on June 4 (07h 58min), and C 6.2) is at 0lh 45min on June 5 (08h 45min). It is probable that smaller tsunamis were also generated by these three aftershocks.
On the coast of Bambangan (8 deg 17'21.6" S, 113 deg 06'30.3" E), 20 km south of Lumajang City, we interviewed witnesses who related that at 7 o'clock on the morning of June 5th, two days after the main shock, another tsunami arrived. We measured the tsunami inundation heights for both the main and the aftershocks, on the basis of eyewitness accounts of the inhabitants, as 4.6 and 3.0 meters above the mean sea level, respectively. This aftershock tsunami was suggested to be generated by the abovementioned aftershock C [June 5 01:45 UTC].
(above from reference #456)
Reference #1315 associates the Bambangan runup with the June 4 00:58 UTC aftershock.
Every runup
Nearest the source first. Heights are above sea level at the time; a tide gauge reads half the wave’s full height.
| Where | Country | Km from source | Water height, m | Inland, m | Measured by | First wave, UTC | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bambangan, Lumajang | Indonesia | 229 | 3 | Water height, post-tsunami survey |
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Sources
Tsunami events and runups 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 tsunami event 2593.