M5.4 earthquake 137 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 137 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Wed, Jul 7, 1982, 12:01 AM GMT+9 (15:01 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 212 km NNE 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
- 5.4 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-07-06 15:01:29 UTC
- Depth
- 68.7 km (42.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.926° N, 128.352° 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 2.4 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9134 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16156 days ago · 64 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.7217 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16141 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.7212 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16135 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.6217 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16135 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4230 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16135 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.7north of Halmahera, Indonesia · 16132 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.3105 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16110 days ago · 76 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001na9 (also filed as iscgem594951). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC.