- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 20, 2008 CE
- Location:
- 144 km NE of Palu, Indonesia
- Magnitude:
- 5.9 Mwc
- Depth:
- 96 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 4.217
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.9
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.2
Other earthquake records of 2008 CE
- China, Sichuan Province · Mw 7.9 · 87,652 deaths
- Pakistan, Quetta · Mw 6.4 · 215 deaths
- Kyrgyzstan, Nura · Mw 6.6 · 74 deaths
- Congo, Bukavu · Mw 5.9 · 47 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Mw 5.9 · 43 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: Tokyo · Mw 6.9 · 23 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 5.9 - 144 km NE of Palu, Indonesia (2008 CE) happen?
- October 20, 2008 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.