M4.7 earthquake 178 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 178 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Nov 13, 1979, 9:21 PM GMT+8 (13:21 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 234 km NNW 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-11-13 13:21:40 UTC
- Depth
- 103.0 km (64.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.624° N, 126.679° 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
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17119 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.3123 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17118 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.6168 km NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 17103 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.2148 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17099 days ago · 70 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.3182 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17095 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.8234 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17086 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.0242 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17077 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001402. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:52 PM UTC.