July 9, 2005 Earthquake: Donggala, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Date

July 9, 2005

Time

23:59:17 UTC

Place

Donggala, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Magnitude

5.9 (Mw)

Focal depth

32 km (20 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

1.174° S, 119.963° E

Country

Indonesia

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses destroyed

6

Houses damaged

6

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• September 28, 2018, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM7.5 · 4,340 deaths · $1.5 billion · 3,673 houses destroyed · 103 km
• August 14, 1968, Tambu,coast of Mapaga, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM7.4 · 200 deaths · 800 houses destroyed · 154 km
• December 1, 1927, Donggala, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.2 · 50 deaths · 93 km
• August 15, 2002, Tojo, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.2 · 48 deaths · 152 km
• May 19, 1938, Sulawesi Island, IndonesiaM7.7 · 17 deaths · 942 houses destroyed · 141 km
• August 18, 2012, Sigi, Parigi Mountong, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.3 · 6 deaths · 471 houses destroyed · 22 km
• June 16, 2026, Central Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.7 · 3 deaths · 214 houses destroyed · 27 km
• August 16, 2025, Poso, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.8 · 2 deaths · 82 houses destroyed · 86 km
• January 23, 2005, Palu, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.3 · 1 death · 4 km
• September 28, 2018, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.1 · 1 death · 89 km
• August 26, 2021, Tojo Una-Una, Central Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.5 · 1 death · 177 km
• August 6, 2023, Sigi, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.3 · 14 houses destroyed · 36 km
• May 29, 2017, Poso, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.6 · 5 houses destroyed · 54 km
• July 30, 1907, Lemo, Colo, Anja, Olu Congko, Sulawesi, Indonesia213 houses destroyed · 147 km
• April 29, 1960, Una-Una Island, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia50 houses destroyed · 187 km

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