August 16, 2025 Earthquake: Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia on August 16, 2025 at 22:38:52 UTC, 8 km below the surface. It killed 2 people.
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The earthquake
- Date
- August 16, 2025
- Time
- 22:38:52 UTC
- Place
- Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 8 km (5 mi)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 1.282° S, 120.727° E
- Country
- Indonesia
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 44
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 82
- Houses damaged
- 172
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.
2 dead 44 injured (reference #1250)
At least 2 people killed and 44 injured; 82 homes destroyed and 172 damaged; a church destroyed and 26 other buildings damaged in Kabupaten Poso. A tsunami with a wave height of 2 cm was recorded at Ampana. (reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 28, 2018, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- August 14, 1968, Tambu,coast of Mapaga, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- December 1, 1927, Donggala, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- August 15, 2002, Tojo, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- May 19, 1938, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia
- August 18, 2012, Sigi, Parigi Mountong, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- June 16, 2026, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
- January 23, 2005, Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- August 26, 2021, Tojo Una-Una, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
- September 28, 2018, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- May 29, 2017, Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- August 6, 2023, Sigi, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- July 30, 1907, Lemo, Colo, Anja, Olu Congko, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- July 9, 2005, Donggala, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- April 29, 1960, Una-Una Island, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
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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 10926.