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Historic Earthquake
1918 Celebes Sea Earthquake
15 August 1918 · Mindanao, Cotabato · Philippines
On 15 August 1918 at 12:18 UTC, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck the Philippines (Mindanao, Cotabato), at a depth of 20 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 375 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 52 people (including tsunami victims). It is the 34th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 15 August 1918
- Time
- 12:18 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Depth
- 20 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 52
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (7.2 m wave)
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Philippines
- Nearest Volcano
- Melebingoy (118 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20262026 Mindanao Earthquake · M 7.8107 deaths
- 20102010 Mindanao Earthquakes · M 7.6
- 19761976 Moro Gulf Erdbeben · M 8.08,000 deaths
- 1972Celebes Sea · M 7.8
- 1924E Mindanao, Mati · M 8.3
- 19131913 Sulawesi–Mindanao Earthquake · M 7.8138 deaths
- 1910Talaud Islands · M 7.5
- 1903Davao Gulf · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth