M5.1 earthquake 155 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 155 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Fri, Jul 9, 1982, 7:43 PM GMT+9 (10:43 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 165 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
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-07-09 10:43:11 UTC
- Depth
- 71.8 km (44.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.090° N, 126.656° 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 2.1 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6158 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16140 days ago · 75 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.0203 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16134 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.2165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16114 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.7100 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16112 days ago · 100 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.0189 km NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 16109 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.7198 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16105 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.1183 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16095 days ago · 87 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001nb7 (also filed as gcmtb070982a, gcmt19820709104311, iscgem595096). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC.