Reviewed by USGSIndonesia121y ago
M6.4 earthquake 35 km NNW of Palu, Indonesia
Saturday, May 25, 1907, 11:50:28 UTC · 0.595°S, 119.791°E
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck 35 km NNW of Palu, Indonesia on Saturday, May 25, 1907, 11:50:28 UTC, at a depth of 35.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M7.8 on January 22, 1905.
- Magnitude
- 6.4
- Strong · mw
- Depth
- 35 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
58 kilotons of TNT
That is about 4 times the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 122 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
4 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Molucca Sea and Banda Sea plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.
Depth: shallow
35 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
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Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 100 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 100 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 1 M5.0+ earthquake within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 2 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700. The most severe:
- 1907
Sulawesi: Lemo, Colo, Anja, Olu Congko
30 Jul 1907 · 206 km away · intensity VIII
Moderate damage ($1–5M)
- 1860
Sulawesi: Minahassa
Aug 1860 · 250 km away
tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.