M4.7 earthquake 99 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 99 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sun, Mar 3, 1985, 7:43 AM GMT+9 (22:43 UTC), 80 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 125 km ENE 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-02 22:43:19 UTC
- Depth
- 79.5 km (49.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.132° N, 128.804° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4108 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 15176 days ago · 226 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.1125 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 15171 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.195 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 15171 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 5.4100 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 15171 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.699 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 15170 days ago · 54 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.4103 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 15169 days ago · 48 km deep · 4 km away
- 5.2101 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 15164 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002cc3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC.