List of tsunamis affecting Indonesia
There have been many tsunamis involving the territory that is now Indonesia.
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| Event | Date | Location | Summary | Notes | |
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| 1797 Sumatra earthquake | 10 February 1797 | Padang | Tsunami localized to Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia | ||
| 1833 Sumatra earthquake | 25 November 1833 | Sumatra | Tsunami along the southwest coast of Sumatra | ||
| 1861 Sumatra earthquake | 16 February 1861 | Sumatra | Tsunami along the northwest coast of Sumatra | ||
| 1883 eruption of Krakatoa | 26 August 1883 | Krakatoa | Collapse of Krakatoa caused tsunami sweeping over neighbouring islands and onto Sumatra and Java | ||
| 1992 Flores earthquake | 12 December 1992 | Flores | 1,490 deaths in Maumere and 700 in Babi Island. | 3-4 metres wave run up heights occurred along the eastern coasts of Maumere, Maximum run up height of 26 metres (85 feet) at Riangkroko village. | |
| 1994 Java earthquake | 6 June 1994 | Eastern coasts of Java, Bali | 250 deaths caused by tsunami. | Run up heights of 14 metres on Eastern Java coast, 5 metres on Bali coasts. | |
| 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami | 26 December 2004 | Aceh | Large earthquake near Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia causing a transoceanic tsunami | One of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history, with a death toll of 227,898. | |
| 2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami | 17 July 2006 | South and west coasts of West Java and Central Java | 668 deaths occurred as a result of a tsunami which inundated 300 km of coast line on the southern Java coast. | ||
| 2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami | 25 October 2010 | Mentawai Islands | Tsunami swept the coastal areas of the Mentawai Islands, off the west coast of Sumatra | ||
| 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami | 28 September 2018 | Palu | Large earthquake near Donggala caused a tsunami that funneled into a bay rising high at Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia | ||
| 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami | 22 December 2018 | Banten - Lampung | Eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait caused a tsunami and landslide |