M4.4 earthquake 122 km W of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 122 km W of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Feb 17, 1987, 5:08 AM GMT+9 (20:08 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 119 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-02-16 20:08:08 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.841° N, 126.285° 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 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.3101 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 116 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.792 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14462 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.8109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14461 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.2138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14459 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.1114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14456 days ago · 47 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.6110 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14454 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.790 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14452 days ago · 100 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.8108 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14452 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2143 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14444 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.5116 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14436 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.8118 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14435 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.0129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14432 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.6117 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14430 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.8114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14409 days ago · 67 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 5.0109 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 · 11 km away
- 4.8128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.0125 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.4138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.0138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14465 days ago · 67 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.2128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14465 days ago · 52 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.7115 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14466 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 6.8136 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14467 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
- 6.2126 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14471 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.0120 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14472 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 6.4138 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14482 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.9134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14487 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00032j2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:48 PM UTC.