West Java is the Indian Ocean. Unlike most other provinces in Indonesia which have their capitals in coastal areas, the provincial capital, Bandung, is located in the mountainous area in the centre of the province. Banten Province was formerly part of West Java Province but was created a separate province in 2000. West Java, in the densely populated western third of Java, is home to almost 1 out of every 5 Indonesians. West Java and Banten provinces, as a part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, have more mountains and volcanoes than any of the other provinces in Indonesia. The vast volcanic
1994 Java earthquake 1994 Java earthquake The 1994 Java earthquake occurred on June 3 at off the coast of Indonesia. The epicenter was off the eastern part of the southern Java coast, near the east end of the Java Trench. This earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.8 in a region which is characterized as having a weak seismic coupling. Earthquakes with slow rupture velocities are the most efficient tsunami generators, and this earthquake was classified as a tsunami earthquake. The tsunami reached Java and Bali, with runups up to on the east Java coast and up to on the southwestern Bali