Gunungsitoli

Earthquakes near Gunungsitoli through history

From 1900 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 16 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Gunungsitoli, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. 5 of them reached magnitude 7 or more; the strongest was a magnitude 8.6 on March 28, 2005 (78 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia).

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The last 30 days · as of

USGS recorded no earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Gunungsitoli in the last 30 days.

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What the record holds

It was also the deadliest: NOAA records 1,319 deaths for it. NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes has 11 here, back to 1843. NOAA records deaths in 5 of the events here, 2,676 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 7.8 on April 6, 2010 (75 km E of Sinabang, Indonesia). NOAA’s record here begins on January 5, 1843 with an earthquake. 5 of the 11 significant earthquakes NOAA lists here came before 1927. NOAA lists 3 tsunamis that began within 100 km of Gunungsitoli, and 4 from elsewhere that reached it with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 15 m, on January 4, 1907. The deadliest here came on February 16, 1861 from a magnitude 8.5 earthquake (Sw. Sumatra): NOAA’s runup records count 250 deaths within 100 km of Gunungsitoli.

The events

  • April 6, 2010Earthquake · M 7.875 km E of Sinabang, IndonesiaUSGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • March 28, 2005Earthquake · M 8.678 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia · 1,319 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • January 4, 1907Tsunami · 15 m hereNw. Sumatra · 156 deaths here (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • February 16, 1861Tsunami · 7 m hereSw. Sumatra · 250 deaths here (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • January 5, 1843Earthquake · M 7.3 (est.)NOAA NCEI

Good to know

  • An event counts for Gunungsitoli when it began within 100 km of its centre, or 200 km for an earthquake of magnitude 7 or more. Damage can reach further.
  • USGS counts here start at magnitude 6: the catalogue’s smaller quakes thin out going back, where few instruments listened.
  • NOAA lists significant events only: earthquakes that killed, did about $1 million of damage, reached magnitude 7.5 or intensity X, or raised a tsunami, and eruptions and tsunamis by like measures. Magnitudes before 1900 are its estimates from written accounts.
  • Deaths are NOAA’s total for each event, wherever people died, its tsunami and fires included. A tsunami counts the dead its runup records give for this place: NOAA’s total for a tsunami includes its source quake’s.
  • A tsunami from elsewhere counts where one of its runups killed or rose a metre or more.
  • Counted to October 19, 2026, as is the map. The last 30 days ask USGS again.

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