What the records say
- When
- 14 Aug 2026
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 8.31° S, 121.35° E
- Deaths
- 156
- Injuries
- 1620
- Houses destroyed
- 5099
- Max water height m
- 2.92
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.7
- Runups
- 44
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2026 Flores earthquake
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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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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