M 6.7 in Indonesia on 16 Jun 2026 03:27 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1546617
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.1312 , 120.2301
Event Date: 16 Jun 2026 03:27 UTC
16 Jun 2026 11:27 Local
Exposed Population: 260 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 16 Jun 2026 03:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1.8 0 1.8
us7000st95 Scaled population (raster) 4.66 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -1.73 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.79      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.96      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

6.7-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia, damages buildings, triggers .. 6/16/2026 6:59:00 AM.

A powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia''s Sulawesi island on Tuesday, shaking buildings, damaging property and prompting hospital evacuations, though authorities said there was no tsunami threat. According to Indonesia''s Mete
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Central Indonesia shaken by 6.7 magnitude earthquake 6/16/2026 6:58:00 AM.

PALU, Indonesia: A shallow magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck central Indonesia on Tuesday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Authorities confirmed there were no immediate reports of casualties or structural damage following the t
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Un puissant séisme de magnitude 6,7 frappe le centre de l’Indonésie 6/16/2026 6:55:00 AM.

En 2018, 2 200 personnes avaient été tuées à Palu par un séisme de magnitude 7,5, suivi d''un tsunami. Archives. (REUTERS/Beawiharta) Un puissant séisme de magnitude 6,7 a frappé ce mardi la région de Sulawesi, dans le centre de l’Indonési
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6.7 magnitude earthquake shakes part of Indonesia June 16, 2026 NEW 6/16/2026 6:54:00 AM.

PALU, Indonesia--A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook part of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island Tuesday and was followed by strong aftershocks. The initial temblor caused strong shaking lasting more than a minute around Palu, a city of about 400,000
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (90), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),