M4.4 earthquake 156 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 156 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Fri, Nov 28, 1986, 3:03 AM GMT+8 (19:03 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 128 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-11-27 19:03:45 UTC
- Depth
- 95.1 km (59.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.814° N, 126.409° 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 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8128 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14543 days ago · 86 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.8143 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14533 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.1143 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14514 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14503 days ago · 90 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.1109 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14491 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.9134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14487 days ago · 72 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5132 km NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 14486 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.7131 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14545 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.1Molucca Sea · 14547 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3115 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14557 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 6.0153 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14560 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.8167 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14561 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7152 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14571 days ago · 49 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00030ew. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC.