Earthquake & tsunami slam Palu, Sulawesi island, Indonesia

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 17 September 2018 at 02:23:19 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 02 October 2018 at 02:23:21 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Coastal, emergency, natural disaster, landslide, tsunami, flooding, geology, Indonesia, Pacific Ring of fire
Fig. 1 - S2 (02.10.2018) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Severe damages & sediments-filled river on Palu coastline.
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The 28.09.2018, a 7.5-magnitude shallow earthquake happened 77km north of Palu, Sulawesi island (Celebes), Indonesia. A tsunami followed.
Fig. 2 - 11,8,2 colour composite - 2 large landslides are visible east of the river (purplish).
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Fig. 3 - Water flows from flooded land to the swollen river. Palu borders a deep narrow 30km-long fault-run bay.
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Fig. 4 - Multiple landslides further inland. A temporary toll was over 1700 victims & 5000 missing.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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