Earthquake — Indonesia: Sulawesi: Minahassa Peninsula, Tolitoli

When

1 Jan 1996

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.9

Where

Indonesia

Coordinates

0.73° N, 119.93° E

Deaths

9

Injuries

63

Damage musd

1.2

Houses destroyed

400

Intensity mmi

6

Depth km

24

Earthquake in Indonesia

On January 1, 1996, at 4:05 p.m. Central Indonesia Time, an earthquake with an epicenter in the Makassar Strait struck north of Minahasa on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The earthquake measured 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale and was centered off Tolitoli Regency in Central Sulawesi, or 25 km from the Tonggolobibi village. A tsunami of 2–4 m (6.6–13.1 ft) was triggered by this earthquake as a result.

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