M4.6 earthquake 189 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 189 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Wed, Apr 11, 1979, 3:08 AM GMT+8 (19:08 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 242 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-04-10 19:08:07 UTC
- Depth
- 77.0 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 3.087° N, 126.966° 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
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8191 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17338 days ago · 86 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7182 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17337 days ago · 47 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.0201 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17334 days ago · 58 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.8200 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17333 days ago · 88 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.1188 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17320 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.3242 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 17307 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.9163 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17291 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 4.6203 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17343 days ago · 126 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.9209 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17343 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.8165 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17343 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
- 6.8181 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17344 days ago · 37 km deep · 14 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000zxt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:26 PM UTC.