M4.6 earthquake 158 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 158 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sun, Jul 18, 1982, 1:04 AM GMT+9 (16:04 UTC), 75 km (47 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-07-17 16:04:38 UTC
- Depth
- 75.0 km (46.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.133° N, 126.643° 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.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0203 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16139 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.2165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16119 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7100 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16117 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.0189 km NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 16115 days ago · 89 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.7198 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16110 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.1183 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16100 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.8162 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16090 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001nfr. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.