Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Palu
Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia · population 389,959. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days1M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year61M2.5+
Since 19001,266M4.5+, 66 of them M6+
How often M6+2 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Palu. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 7.9 181 km N of Palu, Indonesia Jan 1, 1996
- 7.8 160 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia Jan 22, 1905
- 7.7 120 km NE of Palu, Indonesia May 19, 1938
- 7.5 72 km N of Palu, Indonesia Sep 28, 2018
- 7.2 112 km N of Palu, Indonesia Aug 14, 1968
- 7.1 41 km NNW of Majene, Indonesia Feb 23, 1969
- 7.0 220 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia Jul 22, 1996
- 7.0 18 km SSW of Mamuju, Indonesia Jan 8, 1984
- 6.9 77 km NNW of Masamba, Indonesia Jun 7, 1968
- 6.8 109 km WSW of Luwuk, Indonesia Mar 17, 1909
The latest nearby
- 5.2 149 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia Oct 11, 2026
- 4.4 46 km WNW of Luwuk, Indonesia Sep 30, 2026
- 4.9 41 km WNW of Luwuk, Indonesia Sep 21, 2026
- 4.4 115 km WSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia Sep 20, 2026
- 4.5 53 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia Sep 11, 2026
- 4.9 105 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia Sep 3, 2026
- 4.2 118 km NE of Palu, Indonesia Aug 23, 2026
- 5.8 127 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia Aug 15, 2026
- 4.6 120 km NW of Luwuk, Indonesia Aug 15, 2026
- 4.5 117 km WSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia Aug 7, 2026
- 5.4 189 km WNW of Gorontalo, Indonesia Jul 12, 2026
- 4.5 94 km ESE of Poso, Indonesia Jul 7, 2026
- 4.5 96 km WSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia Jul 2, 2026
- 4.4 51 km NW of Poso, Indonesia Jun 24, 2026
- 4.2 55 km E of Palu, Indonesia Jun 21, 2026