Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Field survey of Palu Tsunami, 2018-09-28

October 17, 2018

By Fumihiko Imamura, Abdul Muhari, and Taro Arikawa.

October 2018, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

After the September 28, 2018, M 7.5 earthquake near Sulawesi, Indonesia occurred as a result of the strike-slip faulting at shallow depths within the interior of the Moucca Sea microplate, part of the broader Sunda tectonic plate.

Information collected from Imamura, Muhari and Arikawa’s field survey. Images before and after the event can be found on this file. 

Read the Report: Field survey of Palu Tsunami, 2018-09-28 (5.44 MB PDF)