1968 Sulawesi earthquake

Earthquake in Indonesia 1968 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami 1968-08-14 22:14:23 818025 iscgem818025 1968 08 15 06:14:23 Indonesia#Indonesia Sulawesi 7.4 l y7.2 w y USGS 17 km on 0.06 119.69 Palu-Koro fault Indonesia 9 213 killed The 1968 Sulawesi earthquake struck Indonesia on August 14. It had a Richter magnitude of 7.4, spawned a large tsunami, and killed roughly 200 people. Damage and casualties The earthquake had a Richter magnitude of 7.4. It created a tsunami with wave heights of 8 m on to 10 m on, which soon traveled onto Sulawesi. The most extensive waves reached 300 m on inland, destroying 700 homes and killing around 200 people.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/today/index.php?month=8&day=14&submit=View+Date Today in Earthquake History: August 14 United States Geological Survey October 2, 2012 August 14, 2013 Geology The earthquake ruptured along Palu-Koro faultGeohazards in Indonesia: Earth Science for Disaster Risk Reduction Geological Society of London, Special Publications Watkinson I.M. Hall R. 2016 9781862399662 Cummins P.R. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 441 1 71–120 Fault systems of the eastern Indonesian triple junction: evaluation of Quaternary activity and implications for seismic hazards 10.1144/SP441.8 Meilano I. http://www.vacationindonesiatours.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/watkinson-and-hall-2016.pdf 2017GSLSP.441...71W 132297395 in Manimbaja Bay. It caused subsidence that decreased elevations by as much as 2 m on to 3 m on along the coast. It also appeared to uplift at least one of the Togian Islands. The earthquake was near the Celebes Sea; it sank the island of Tuguan.Newsletter 1968 International Tsunami Information Center See also 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami List of earthquakes in 1968 List of earthquakes in Indonesia References International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology Part A, Volume 81A Global seismicity: 1900–1999 E. R. Engdahl A. Vallaseñor 2002 https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/centennial/centennial.pdf Academic Press First 978-0124406520 682 External links 818025 Category:1960s tsunamis Category:1968 earthquakes Category:1968 in Indonesia Category:1968 disasters in Indonesia Category:Earthquakes in Indonesia Category:Tsunamis in Indonesia Category:August 1968 in Asia Category:20th century in Sulawesi