Earthquake details

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 03:08 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Luwuk (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 72.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 122.237 and latitude -0.604.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	66.4 km
Coordinates	-0.604, 122.237
UTC time	2008-02-26 03:08:41.820

Location	Luwuk
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2008-02-26

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Luwuk	72.5 km
Gorontalo	156.8 km
Poso	187.3 km
Palu	265.5 km
Masamba	303.7 km
Palopo	349.6 km
Tondano	365.9 km
Rantepao	370.3 km
Manado	372.1 km
Kendari	376.8 km
Bitung	394.2 km
Sanana	446.7 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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M 5.2

Gorontalo

Indonesia · 2026-06-04 23:28 UTC

99.4 km

M 5.1

Gorontalo

Indonesia · 2026-01-21 22:44 UTC

66.0 km

M 5.9

Gorontalo

Indonesia · 2025-11-04 23:32 UTC

106.4 km

M 4.2

Gorontalo

Indonesia · 2025-10-18 23:35 UTC

92.0 km

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