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Historic Earthquake
1939 Indonesia Earthquake
21 December 1939 · Centrtal Sulawesi, Kalo · Indonesia
On 21 December 1939 at 21:00 UTC, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Indonesia (Centrtal Sulawesi, Kalo), at a depth of 150 km. It occurred on the Molucca Sea Plate, 123 km from its boundary with the Sunda Plate (continental transform fault). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 21 December 1939
- Time
- 21:00 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Depth
- 150 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Molucca Sea Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Colo (157 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20082008 Sulawesi Earthquake · M 7.36 deaths
- 2000Sulawesi, Luwuk · M 7.654 deaths
- 1997Sulawesi, Minahassa Peninsula · M 7.0
- 1991Minahassa, Gorontalo · M 7.5
- 1990Minahassa Peninsula, Bolaang-Gorontalo · M 7.63 deaths
- 1942Minahassa Peninsula · M 7.5
- 1938Sulawesi Island · M 7.717 deaths
- 1905Minahassa Peninsula · M 8.4
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth