Toli-Toli

Earthquakes near Toli-Toli through history

From 1900 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 23 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Toli-Toli, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. 10 of them reached magnitude 7 or more; the strongest was a magnitude 7.9 on January 1, 1996 (181 km N of Palu, 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 Toli-Toli in the last 30 days.

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What the record holds

The deadliest was not the strongest: a magnitude 7.5 on September 28, 2018 (72 km N of Palu, Indonesia), for which NOAA records 4,340 deaths. NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes has 9 here, back to 1860. NOAA records deaths in 6 of the events here, 4,574 in all. NOAA’s record here begins in August 1860 with an earthquake (Sulawesi: Minahassa). It grows thinner going back: 8 of the 9 significant earthquakes NOAA lists here are from 1927 on. NOAA lists one tsunami that began within 100 km of Toli-Toli, and one from elsewhere that reached it with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 2.39 m, on January 1, 1996.

The events

  • September 28, 2018Earthquake · M 7.572 km N of Palu, Indonesia · 4,340 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • January 1, 1996Earthquake · M 7.9181 km N of Palu, Indonesia · 9 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • January 1, 1996Tsunami · 2.39 m hereSulawesiNOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • January 22, 1905Earthquake · M 7.8160 km W of Gorontalo, IndonesiaUSGS
  • August 1860EarthquakeSulawesi: MinahassaNOAA NCEI

Good to know

  • An event counts for Toli-Toli 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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