M4.8 earthquake 128 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 128 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Fri, Nov 28, 1986, 10:44 PM GMT+9 (13:44 UTC), 86 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 143 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-11-28 13:44:52 UTC
- Depth
- 85.5 km (53.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.961° N, 126.881° 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 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8143 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14533 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.1143 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14515 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14504 days ago · 90 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.1109 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14491 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.9134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14487 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 4.4156 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14544 days ago · 95 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.895 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14544 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7131 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14545 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.1Molucca Sea · 14547 days ago · 48 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3115 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14557 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 6.0153 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14560 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.8167 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14561 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.2130 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14567 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7152 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14572 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00030f9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC.