IT was 4am on July 30, 1907, when a great earthquake shook Central Sulawesi.

"One hundred and sixty-four houses were reportedly destroyed and 49 storehouses in Kulawi collapsed," wrote E.C. Abendanon, a Dutch geologist, in his notes, later turned into a book titled Voyages Geologiquea et Geographiques A Travers La Celebes Centrale (Geology and Geography in Central Celebes).

The quake's epicenter was between Kulawi and Lake Lindu, now located in the Si