September 28, 2018 Earthquake: Sulawesi, Indonesia

Date

September 28, 2018

Time

06:59:59 UTC

Place

Sulawesi, Indonesia

Magnitude

6.1 (Mw)

Focal depth

5 km (3 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

0.401° S, 119.771° E

Country

Indonesia

Deaths

1

Injuries

10

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses destroyed

Few (about 1 to 50)

Houses damaged

Few (about 1 to 50)

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 · 18 km
• August 14, 1968, Tambu,coast of Mapaga, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM7.4 · 200 deaths · 800 houses destroyed · 67 km
• December 1, 1927, Donggala, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.2 · 50 deaths · 121 km
• August 15, 2002, Tojo, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.2 · 48 deaths · 195 km
• May 19, 1938, Sulawesi Island, IndonesiaM7.7 · 17 deaths · 942 houses destroyed · 94 km
• January 1, 1996, Minahassa Peninsula, Tolitoli, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM7.9 · 9 deaths · $1.2 million · 400 houses destroyed · 127 km
• August 18, 2012, Sigi, Parigi Mountong, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.3 · 6 deaths · 471 houses destroyed · 108 km
• June 16, 2026, Central Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.7 · 3 deaths · 214 houses destroyed · 93 km
• August 16, 2025, Poso, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.8 · 2 deaths · 82 houses destroyed · 145 km
• January 23, 2005, Palu, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.3 · 1 death · 90 km
• July 9, 2005, Donggala, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.9 · 6 houses destroyed · 89 km
• August 6, 2023, Sigi, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.3 · 14 houses destroyed · 94 km
• May 29, 2017, Poso, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.6 · 5 houses destroyed · 123 km
• April 29, 1960, Una-Una Island, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia50 houses destroyed · 193 km

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