2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami occurred on July 17 at along a subduction zone off the coast of west and central Java , a large and densely populated island in the Indonesian archipelago . The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.7 and a maximum perceived intensity of IV ( '' Light '' ) in Jakarta , the capital and largest city of Indonesia . There were no direct effects of the earthquake 's shaking due to its low intensity , and the large loss of life from the event was due to the resulting tsunami , which inundated a portion of the Java coast that had been unaffected by the earlier 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that was off the coast of Sumatra . The July 2006 earthquake was also centered in the Indian Ocean , from the coast of Java , and had a duration of more than three minutes
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami