Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake – 68 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia

Bender 163 points 34 comments August 15, 2026
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CookieCrisp

I know large earthquakes are effectively random (ignoring aftershocks) but this feels like a lot this year, yeah?

insaider

Is this big enough to produce a Tsunami? Apparently maybe only a small localised one, but I'm supposed to be getting the ferry from Lombok to Bali shortly and two of those have already burnt down the last 2 weeks!

burnt-resistor

So Google Earth says the ocean depth at the epicenter is 6,286 ft / 1,916 m, but I couldn't find a corresponding tsunami alert or evaluation of risk.

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