This is an incomplete list of more recent recorded major earthquakes that have occurred within the boundaries of Indonesia. The determinants of the activity are indicated by the geology of the region, and the volcanic activity.
Large numbers of earthquakes of smaller magnitude occur very regularly due to the meeting of major tectonic plates in the region. Based on the records of the USGS, Indonesia has had more than 150 earthquakes with magnitude > 7 in the period 1901–2019.
Map of earthquakes in Indonesia 1900- (map data)
Six of the ten strongest Indonesian earthquakes ≥ 8.3 Mw occurred near Sumatra and along the Sunda Trench.