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Historic Earthquake
1997 Indonesia Earthquake
25 November 1997 · Sulawesi, Minahassa Peninsula · Indonesia
On 25 November 1997 at 12:14 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Indonesia (Sulawesi, Minahassa Peninsula), at a depth of 24 km. It occurred on the Molucca Sea Plate, 111 km from its boundary with the Sunda Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 25 November 1997
- Time
- 12:14 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 24 km
- Plate
- Molucca Sea Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nearest Volcano
- Colo (187 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2000Sulawesi, Luwuk · M 7.654 deaths
- 1996Sulawesi, Minahassa Peninsula · M 7.99 deaths
- 1990Minahassa Peninsula, Bolaang-Gorontalo · M 7.63 deaths
- 1942Minahassa Peninsula · M 7.5
- 1939Centrtal Sulawesi, Kalo · M 8.0
- 1938Sulawesi Island · M 7.717 deaths
- 1908Celebes Sea · M 7.5
- 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