A shallow magnitude 7.5 to 7.6 earthquake that struck the Minahasa Peninsula of Indonesia on 28 September 2018, with its epicenter in Donggala Regency about 70 kilometers from Palu. The quake triggered a localized tsunami that struck Palu with waves of 5 to 7 meters and combined with severe soil liquefaction, making it the deadliest earthquake worldwide in 2018 and the deadliest in Indonesia since the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Magnitude or ScaleMoment magnitude 7.5 to 7.6, depth about 20 kilometers; tsunami waves of 5 to 7 meters at Palu 1 LocationDonggala Regency and Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia 1 Connections
Caused By
Read from this phenomenon's own Wikipedia article (2018 Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami); earth5 pass cause judgment: Faulting.
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In Discipline
The localized tsunami at Palu is studied as an oceanographic hazard in its own right.
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Wikimedia FoundationLead section
The combined effects of the earthquake and tsunami led to the deaths of an estimated 4,340 people.
In Group: Great Historical Earthquakes, Lead sentence
On 28 September 2018, a shallow, large earthquake struck in the neck of the Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia, with its epicentre located in the mountainous Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi.
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