June 4, 1994 Tsunami: South of Java, Indonesia
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake began at South of Java, Indonesia on June 4, 1994 at 00:57:50 UTC.
Where the waves reached
The source of the tsunami. No runup with a place is recorded for it.
- 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 4, 1994, 00:57:50 UTC
- Source
- South of Java, Indonesia
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Magnitude 6.5, 11 km deep
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Questionable tsunami
- Source location
- 10.777° S, 113.366° 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.
A magnitude Ms 6.3 aftershock produced a tsunami. Eyewitnesses on the island of Bambangan reported another tsunami arrived two days later than the main shock. This
aftershock produced a wave of 3.0 meters. On June 4, six Australian pro surfers experienced the ride of their lives when a tsunami struck their surf camp at G-Land, on the edge of the Plengkung Jungle in eastern Java. The six were sleeping at the camp when the 6.0-meter tsunami waves hit washing surfers, huts, and everything else at the camp into the jungle. Two of the surfers were swept hundreds of feet into the jungle. All survived. Validity 4. (reference #1315)
Note: The account above is associated with the 1994, June 5 01:45 UTC aftershock by reference #456
1994, June 4, 00:58. 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. (reference #456)
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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 5576.