What the records say
- When
- 14 Mar 1913
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Where
- Indonesia
- Coordinates
- 5.35° N, 126.12° E
- Deaths
- 138
- Intensity mmi
- 9
- Depth km
- 15
1913 Sulawesi–Mindanao earthquake
Earthquake in Southeast Asia
A Mw 7.9 earthquake struck offshore between Mindanao and Sulawesi on 14 March 1913. It had a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The majority of the 138 fatalities from the earthquake took place on Sangihe Island, where a mudflow occurred.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page