M4.7 earthquake 131 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 131 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Wed, Nov 26, 1986, 1:11 PM GMT+9 (04:11 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 134 km NW of Ternate, 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
- 1986-11-26 04:11:20 UTC
- Depth
- 60.5 km (37.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.656° N, 126.569° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4156 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14551 days ago · 95 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.8128 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14550 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.8143 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14540 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.1143 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14522 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14511 days ago · 90 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.1109 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14498 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.9134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14494 days ago · 72 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.5132 km NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 14493 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 5.1Molucca Sea · 14554 days ago · 48 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3115 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14564 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 6.0153 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14568 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.8167 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14569 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7152 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14579 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00030dj. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:10 PM UTC.