EveryQuake

Earthquakes in West Sulawesi

1,593 earthquakes catalogued in and around West Sulawesi between 1907 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
2.5
Latest earthquake · depth 17 km
03.08.2026 09:40 UTC · from centre 44 km
1,593
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1907–2026
record span
3.76
mean magnitude
1,107
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0921851907: 2 (M5+)19071909: 1 (M5+)1915: 1 (M5+)19171925: 1 (M5+)1927: 1 (M5+)19271928: 1 (M5+)19371938: 1 (M5+)1941: 1 (M5+)19471948: 1 (M5+)1954: 1 (M5+)19571963: 1 (M4–5)1963: 1 (M5+)1964: 1 (M5+)1965: 3 (M5+)1967: 1 (M5+)19671968: 1 (M4–5)1968: 4 (M5+)1969: 4 (M4–5)1969: 10 (M5+)1970: 1 (M4–5)1970: 3 (M5+)1971: 1 (M4–5)1971: 5 (M5+)1972: 1 (M5+)1973: 3 (M5+)1977: 1 (M4–5)1977: 2 (M5+)19771978: 2 (M4–5)1979: 1 (M5+)1980: 4 (M4–5)1981: 2 (M4–5)1982: 1 (M4–5)1982: 1 (M5+)1983: 4 (M4–5)1984: 3 (M4–5)1984: 2 (M5+)1985: 24 (M4–5)1985: 13 (M5+)1986: 2 (M4–5)1987: 2 (M4–5)19871989: 4 (M4–5)1990: 5 (M4–5)1990: 1 (M5+)1991: 6 (M4–5)1991: 1 (M5+)1992: 1 (M4–5)1993: 1 (M5+)1994: 1 (M4–5)1994: 1 (M5+)1995: 1 (M3–4)1995: 5 (M4–5)1996: 5 (M4–5)1997: 47 (M4–5)1997: 4 (M5+)19971998: 78 (M4–5)1998: 5 (M5+)1999: 2 (M3–4)1999: 59 (M4–5)1999: 1 (M5+)2000: 1 (M3–4)2000: 57 (M4–5)2000: 2 (M5+)2001: 1 (M3–4)2001: 1 (M5+)2002: 1 (M3–4)2002: 2 (M4–5)2002: 4 (M5+)2003: 8 (M4–5)2004: 18 (M4–5)2004: 1 (M5+)2005: 10 (M4–5)2005: 5 (M5+)2006: 1 (M3–4)2006: 1 (M4–5)2006: 2 (M5+)2007: 1 (M<3)2007: 1 (M3–4)2007: 2 (M4–5)2007: 1 (M5+)20072008: 1 (M3–4)2008: 8 (M4–5)2008: 1 (M5+)2009: 5 (M3–4)2009: 4 (M4–5)2009: 1 (M5+)2010: 9 (M4–5)2010: 3 (M5+)2011: 2 (M3–4)2011: 5 (M4–5)2011: 2 (M5+)2012: 6 (M3–4)2012: 12 (M4–5)2012: 2 (M5+)2013: 7 (M3–4)2013: 9 (M4–5)2014: 2 (M3–4)2014: 2 (M4–5)2014: 1 (M5+)2015: 3 (M3–4)2015: 7 (M4–5)2015: 2 (M5+)2016: 2 (M3–4)2016: 7 (M4–5)2016: 1 (M5+)2017: 1 (M<3)2017: 2 (M3–4)2017: 7 (M4–5)2017: 4 (M5+)20172018: 1 (M<3)2018: 37 (M3–4)2018: 76 (M4–5)2018: 22 (M5+)2019: 7 (M<3)2019: 33 (M3–4)2019: 23 (M4–5)2020: 91 (M<3)2020: 75 (M3–4)2020: 16 (M4–5)2020: 2 (M5+)2021: 77 (M<3)2021: 90 (M3–4)2021: 14 (M4–5)2021: 4 (M5+)2022: 45 (M<3)2022: 35 (M3–4)2022: 7 (M4–5)2022: 1 (M5+)2023: 51 (M<3)2023: 35 (M3–4)2023: 11 (M4–5)2023: 4 (M5+)2024: 36 (M<3)2024: 25 (M3–4)2024: 2 (M4–5)2025: 74 (M<3)2025: 32 (M3–4)2025: 3 (M4–5)2026: 47 (M<3)2026: 14 (M3–4)2026: 18 (M4–5)2026: 4 (M5+)2026
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
7.628.09.2018 10:0215.9 km225 km
7.519.05.1938 17:0835 km190 km
7.314.08.1968 22:1416.8 km265 km
7.117.03.1909 22:530 km189 km
7.123.02.1969 00:3750.4 km117 km
6.807.06.1968 11:5750 km95 km
6.708.01.1984 15:2430.3 km89 km
6.602.03.1985 15:4741 km57 km
6.612.08.1915 07:3660 km39 km
6.616.06.2026 03:2710 km155 km
6.629.05.2017 14:3513.5 km162 km
6.429.12.1925 16:0425 km134 km
6.425.05.1907 11:5035 km187 km
6.401.03.1985 17:1123.7 km38 km
6.329.07.1907 19:2835 km145 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.503.08.2026 09:4017 km44 km
2.502.08.2026 07:437 km94 km
3.502.08.2026 07:233 km86 km
4.001.08.2026 07:295 km148 km
2.829.07.2026 12:014 km26 km
2.529.07.2026 11:595 km30 km
2.816.07.2026 18:0813 km42 km
2.509.07.2026 11:023 km74 km
3.008.07.2026 06:325 km130 km
2.507.07.2026 18:3510 km129 km
3.606.07.2026 02:525 km92 km
2.501.07.2026 02:154 km13 km
4.330.06.2026 19:533 km151 km
4.430.06.2026 17:053 km148 km
4.030.06.2026 16:5110 km148 km
2.625.06.2026 08:584 km148 km
2.721.06.2026 08:095 km145 km
2.720.06.2026 00:435 km154 km
4.118.06.2026 20:2910 km158 km
2.618.06.2026 18:0613 km99 km
3.117.06.2026 04:025 km149 km
3.316.06.2026 21:230 km124 km
4.116.06.2026 20:2510 km160 km
3.216.06.2026 20:215 km141 km
3.216.06.2026 20:185 km136 km
2.516.06.2026 12:5443 km98 km
2.716.06.2026 11:315 km132 km
4.016.06.2026 09:260 km124 km
4.316.06.2026 08:443 km143 km
2.916.06.2026 08:333 km132 km
5.016.06.2026 08:0410 km167 km
2.716.06.2026 05:505 km132 km
2.916.06.2026 05:485 km130 km
4.316.06.2026 05:075 km146 km
4.016.06.2026 04:483 km147 km
4.216.06.2026 04:175 km147 km
5.216.06.2026 04:1410 km151 km
4.316.06.2026 04:083 km145 km
4.116.06.2026 03:585 km142 km
4.016.06.2026 03:565 km143 km
4.216.06.2026 03:4810 km146 km
4.216.06.2026 03:355 km143 km
5.216.06.2026 03:3010 km158 km
6.616.06.2026 03:2710 km155 km
3.010.06.2026 14:278 km53 km
2.525.05.2026 02:316 km160 km
2.620.05.2026 18:549 km94 km
3.215.05.2026 00:5614 km148 km
2.702.05.2026 12:527 km42 km
3.419.04.2026 18:113 km51 km
2.918.04.2026 21:458 km165 km
2.518.04.2026 10:1911 km49 km
3.718.04.2026 10:134 km51 km
2.814.04.2026 15:314 km28 km
2.714.04.2026 10:075 km69 km
2.810.04.2026 11:198 km95 km
2.631.03.2026 21:374 km8 km
2.821.03.2026 22:075 km40 km
4.120.03.2026 19:3310 km84 km
2.617.03.2026 10:084 km78 km

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.