M5.0 earthquake 61 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 61 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sun, Oct 26, 1986, 2:03 AM GMT+9 (17:03 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 130 km NW 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
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-10-25 17:03:45 UTC
- Depth
- 112.6 km (70.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.832° N, 127.464° 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 2.0 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2130 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14567 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 6.0153 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14560 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3115 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14557 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.1Molucca Sea · 14547 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.895 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14544 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8128 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14543 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.8143 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14533 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 5.0157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14580 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.068 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14581 days ago · 142 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.9112 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14581 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.243 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14582 days ago · 130 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.762 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14586 days ago · 207 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5150 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14587 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.778 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14606 days ago · 144 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002zbf. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC.