M4.9 earthquake 150 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 150 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Mon, Sep 15, 1986, 4:16 AM GMT+8 (20:16 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 157 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-09-14 20:16:58 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.738° N, 126.408° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.778 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14607 days ago · 144 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4181 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14594 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5150 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14588 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.9112 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14581 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.0157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14580 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7152 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14572 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.8167 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14562 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
- 6.0153 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14561 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.8136 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14627 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.0140 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14631 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.8131 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 14634 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2143 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14637 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6129 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14637 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7147 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14639 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.0139 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14639 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.6132 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14639 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3118 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14639 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14639 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.0138 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14639 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.0148 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14640 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14641 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.8114 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14641 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5110 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14641 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7144 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14642 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.5168 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14643 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2121 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14643 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4134 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14644 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.8138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14645 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002y35. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:11 PM UTC.