M4.7 earthquake 115 km W of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 115 km W of Ternate, Indonesia on Fri, Feb 13, 1987, 8:08 PM GMT+9 (11:08 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 128 km W 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
- 1987-02-13 11:08:03 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.773° N, 126.347° 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 1.7 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14465 days ago · 52 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.0138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14465 days ago · 67 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.4138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.0125 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.8128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 6.2133 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.0109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.4122 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.0119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.3101 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 116 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.792 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14462 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.8109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14461 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.2138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14459 days ago · 42 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.1114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14456 days ago · 47 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.6110 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14453 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.790 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14452 days ago · 100 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8108 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14451 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2143 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14444 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5116 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14436 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.8118 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14435 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.0129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14432 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.6117 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14430 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.8114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14409 days ago · 67 km deep · 13 km away
Before
- 6.8136 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14466 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
- 6.2126 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14471 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.0120 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14472 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 6.4138 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14482 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.9134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14487 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00032ep. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC.