May 5, 1908 Earthquake: Celebes Sea, Indonesia

Name: May 5, 1908 Earthquake: Celebes Sea, Indonesia
Start: 1908-05-05
Location: Celebes Sea, Indonesia

May 5, 1908 · M7.5

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Celebes Sea, Indonesia on May 5, 1908 at 06:16 UTC.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: May 5, 1908
Time: 06:16 UTC
Place: Celebes Sea, Indonesia
Magnitude: 7.5 (Ms)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 3.000° N, 123.000° E
Country: Indonesia
Region: Central and South Pacific

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

Sources NCEI cites

The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.

#88 Duda, Seweryn J. (1965). Secular seismic energy release in the circum-Pacific belt. Tectonophysics, vol. 2, no. 5, p. 409-452. DOI:10.1016/0040-1951(65)90035-1

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 1908 The 1900s Every quake the USGS located in 1908 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 2836.