June 16, 2026 Earthquake: Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on June 16, 2026 at 03:27:44 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 3 people.
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
- June 16, 2026
- Time
- 03:27:44 UTC
- Place
- Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Magnitude
- 6.7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 1.117° S, 120.199° E
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Central and South Pacific
- USGS record
- The USGS’s page for this earthquake
The toll
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 95
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 214
- Houses damaged
- 4,966
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 happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Two people killed and one person died from a heart attack in the Palolo area. At least 108 people injured, 277 homes destroyed and 2,760 damaged and 118 buildings damaged in Kabupaten Sigi.
From the USGS event page for us7000st95. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Magnitude estimates
The magnitudes the USGS catalog lists for this earthquake, by scale and by who computed them. NCEI’s own scales are in the table above.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.7 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.041 · 56 stations |
| 7.1 | Mwp, P-wave moment | NOAA National Tsunami Warning Center | First automatic solution · Preliminary · 12 stations |
| 6.6 | Mwb, body-wave moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
| 6.8 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Confirmed |
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #13456 U.S. Geological Survey (2017 to present). Earthquake Hazards Program, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog of Earthquake Events and Products.
- #14404 AHA Centre - ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (2026). Indonesia, M6.7 Earthquake in Central Sulawesi. ADINet. Access date: 24 June 2026.
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
- August 16, 2025, Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- January 23, 2005, Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- September 28, 2018, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- August 26, 2021, Tojo Una-Una, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
- August 6, 2023, Sigi, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- July 9, 2005, Donggala, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- May 29, 2017, Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- July 30, 1907, Lemo, Colo, Anja, Olu Congko, 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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 11003. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event us7000st95, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.