August 26, 2021 Earthquake: Tojo Una-Una, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Date

August 26, 2021

Time

02:14:22 UTC

Place

Tojo Una-Una, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Magnitude

5.5 (Mw)

Focal depth

8 km (5 mi)

Intensity

5 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

0.854° S, 121.523° E

Country

Indonesia

Deaths

1

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses destroyed

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 · 198 km
• December 1, 1927, Donggala, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.2 · 50 deaths · 86 km
• August 15, 2002, Tojo, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.2 · 48 deaths · 44 km
• May 19, 1938, Sulawesi Island, IndonesiaM7.7 · 17 deaths · 942 houses destroyed · 142 km
• August 18, 2012, Sigi, Parigi Mountong, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.3 · 6 deaths · 471 houses destroyed · 167 km
• June 16, 2026, Central Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.7 · 3 deaths · 214 houses destroyed · 150 km
• August 16, 2025, Poso, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.8 · 2 deaths · 82 houses destroyed · 100 km
• April 12, 2019, Luwuk, Sulawesi Island, IndonesiaM6.8 · 1 death · 159 km
• January 23, 2005, Palu, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.3 · 1 death · 181 km
• April 29, 1960, Una-Una Island, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia50 houses destroyed · 39 km
• May 29, 2017, Poso, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.6 · 5 houses destroyed · 131 km
• July 30, 1907, Lemo, Colo, Anja, Olu Congko, Sulawesi, Indonesia213 houses destroyed · 140 km
• August 6, 2023, Sigi, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.3 · 14 houses destroyed · 141 km
• July 9, 2005, Donggala, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.9 · 6 houses destroyed · 177 km
• December 21, 1939, Kalo,luwuk,sula I, Centrtal Sulawesi, IndonesiaM8 · 190 km

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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 10567.