April 24, 2011 Earthquake: Kendari, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Name: April 24, 2011 Earthquake: Kendari, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Start: 2011-04-24
Location: Kendari, Sulawesi, Indonesia

April 24, 2011 · M6.1

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Kendari, Sulawesi, Indonesia on April 24, 2011 at 23:07:51 UTC, 8 km below the surface.

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: April 24, 2011
Time: 23:07:51 UTC
Place: Kendari, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Magnitude: 6.1 (Mw)
Focal depth: 8 km (5 mi)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 4.586° S, 122.771° E
Country: Indonesia

The toll

Injuries: 14
Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Houses destroyed: Some (about 51 to 100)

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.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Felt (IV) at Kendari. (reference #1053)

Reports from the earthquake area are showing that the number of injured people did climb to 14. A lot of people lost their homes and the hardest hit area does need urgently more logistics, blankets and tents... Kolono village has been severely damaged... The damaged villages are: Lapuko, Moramo Village, Village Bororo, Landipo Village, Village Lakomea, Wawondengi Village, Village Tambosupa, Amohola Village, Village Wawosunggu and Village Panambea Darata... A local Kendari newspaper (Berita Kendari) reports that hundreds of houses are damaged in 10 villages close to the epicenter. We believe this news as it comes from very near the epicenter. (reference #9672)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

October 19, 2001, Banda Sea, IndonesiaM7.5 · 137 km

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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 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 9864.