M4.9 earthquake 156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sat, Apr 7, 1973, 2:31 PM GMT+9 (05:31 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-04-07 05:31:21 UTC
- Depth
- 46.0 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.055° N, 126.642° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.9156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 19499 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.9174 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 19499 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 4.5176 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 19538 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5168 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 19544 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6153 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 19546 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.1143 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 19546 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.2143 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 19546 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
- 6.5162 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 19546 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.6170 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 19548 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.5163 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 19548 days ago · 47 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.2168 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 19548 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.4174 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 19548 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 6.3157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 19548 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.7156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 19556 days ago · 95 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000019s. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:16 AM UTC.