An earthquake occurred on June 3, 1994, at 01:17:37 local time (June 2, at 18:17:37 GMT) 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.

[3] This earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.8 in a region which is characterized as having a weak seismic coupling.

[5] The tsunami reached Java and Bali, with runups up to 14 m (46 ft) on the east Java coast and up to 5 m (16 ft) on the southwestern Bali coast.

[6] The shock could be felt strongly across Bali, central and eastern Java, Lombok, and Sumbawa.