M5.1 earthquake 91 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 91 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia on Sat, Mar 2, 1985, 7:51 PM GMT+8 (11:51 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.7 112 km N of Rantepao, 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
- 1985-03-02 11:51:44 UTC
- Depth
- 46.9 km (29.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.195° S, 119.617° 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 2.1 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.7112 km N of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15183 days ago · 44 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.179 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15180 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.091 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15180 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.286 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15173 days ago · 48 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.0Sulawesi, Indonesia · 15173 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.897 km N of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15164 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.713 km N of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15143 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 5.0101 km N of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15183 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.894 km N of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15183 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.593 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15184 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.192 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15184 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.991 km NE of Mamuju, Indonesia · 15184 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.496 km NE of Mamuju, Indonesia · 15184 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.163 km ENE of Mamuju, Indonesia · 15184 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.987 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15184 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.795 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15184 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.966 km NW of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15184 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.199 km N of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15184 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 6.4101 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15184 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.6102 km NE of Mamuju, Indonesia · 15184 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.582 km SSW of Poso, Indonesia · 15188 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.789 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15188 days ago · 42 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.286 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15189 days ago · 43 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.985 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15189 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.082 km NNW of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15189 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.288 km N of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15189 days ago · 56 km deep · 17 km away
- 6.0100 km N of Rantepao, Indonesia · 15190 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002cbr. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC.