The 1999 Sunda Strait earthquake occurred on 21 December at 21:14:57 local time in Sunda Strait region near the island of Java, Indonesia with a moment magnitude of 6.5.

[1] The earthquake struck at 21:14 pm (local time), at a moderate depth of 56 km.

The earthquake was widely felt along the western part of Java and southeastern Sumatra.

2,800 houses were damaged, mostly in western Java, where half of them were completely destroyed.

Minor damage like cracks in walls were also reported in Jakarta.