M4.8 earthquake 171 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 171 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Feb 19, 1985, 8:40 PM GMT+9 (11:40 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 Molucca Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-02-19 11:40:13 UTC
- Depth
- 75.2 km (46.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.287° N, 126.574° 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 1.8 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Molucca Sea · 15170 days ago · 97 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7113 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15139 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 7.0142 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15138 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5151 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15138 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15138 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.7137 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 15138 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9151 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15137 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5147 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15137 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5156 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15137 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6139 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15135 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.1151 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15134 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002c11. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.