Earthquake — Indonesia: Flores Region

When

14 Aug 2026

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.7

Where

Indonesia

Coordinates

8.31° S, 121.35° E

Deaths

156

Injuries

1620

Houses destroyed

5099

Intensity mmi

7

Depth km

10

Earthquake in Indonesia

On 15 August 2026, at 05:58 WITA (UTC+8), a Mw 7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of the island of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The earthquake was caused by movement on the Flores back-arc thrust fault located north of the island. Seismic observatories recorded a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) on Flores. It triggered a tsunami with a maximum recorded height of 2.68 m.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “At least 136 people are killed and nearly 1,300 injured when a magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off the island of Flores, Indonesia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “на индонезийском острове Флорес произошло мощное землетрясение магнитудой 7,7, в результате которого погибли 111 человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Indonesia ocurre un terremoto de 7.4 grados con epicentro en Islas de Flores”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “زلزالٌ حاد بلغت قوته 7.7 درجات يضرب جزيرة فلوريس بإندونيسيا مخلفًا سبعين قتيلًا وما يزيد عن ألف ومائة وثمانين جريحًا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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