Earthquake details

Thursday, December 1, 2011 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 22:53 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Luwuk (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 97.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 121.974 and latitude -0.626.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-0.626, 121.974
UTC time	2011-12-01 22:53:36.500

Location	Luwuk
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2011-12-01

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Luwuk	97.5 km
Poso	160.7 km
Gorontalo	177.4 km
Palu	236.2 km
Masamba	282.1 km
Palopo	329.4 km
Rantepao	348.5 km
Kendari	377.9 km
Tondano	391.4 km
Manado	396.8 km
Bitung	419.8 km
Polewali	428.0 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

126.1 km

M 5.1

Gorontalo

Indonesia · 2026-01-21 22:44 UTC

91.0 km

M 5.9

Gorontalo

Indonesia · 2025-11-04 23:32 UTC

133.5 km

M 4.2

Gorontalo

Indonesia · 2025-10-18 23:35 UTC

118.0 km

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