M4.8 earthquake 48 km E of Gorontalo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 48 km E of Gorontalo, Indonesia on Sun, Mar 21, 1982, 5:17 AM GMT+8 (21:17 UTC), 43 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-03-20 21:17:19 UTC
- Depth
- 42.5 km (26.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.593° N, 123.496° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.0Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia · 16248 days ago · 187 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.851 km WSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 16224 days ago · 79 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001k7w (also filed as iscgem602572). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.