M4.7 earthquake 167 km ESE of Gorontalo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 167 km ESE of Gorontalo, Indonesia on Sat, Nov 30, 1985, 7:21 PM GMT+8 (11:21 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 182 km SE of Gorontalo, 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-11-30 11:21:15 UTC
- Depth
- 76.5 km (47.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 0.177° S, 124.392° 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 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4109 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 14896 days ago · 113 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.275 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 14895 days ago · 161 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.7182 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 14861 days ago · 59 km deep · 32 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002ndb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC.