Indonesia earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Feb 17, 1987, 7:20 AM GMT+9 (22:20 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

Ternate forecastMore in Indonesia

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1987-02-16 22:20:48 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
0.910° N, 126.314° 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 2.0 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3101 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14470 days ago · 116 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 4.792 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14469 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 4.8109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14468 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 5.2138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14466 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 5.1114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 47 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 4.6110 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14460 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.790 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14459 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.8108 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14459 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 4.2143 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14451 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 4.5116 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14443 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 4.8118 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14442 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 5.0129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14439 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 4.6117 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14437 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 4.8114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14416 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 4.4122 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14470 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 5.0109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14470 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 6.2133 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14470 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.8128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14470 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 5.0125 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14470 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 5.4138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14470 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 5.0138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14472 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 5.2128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14472 days ago · 52 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 4.7115 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14473 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 6.8136 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14473 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 6.2126 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14478 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 5.0120 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14479 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 6.4138 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14489 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 5.9134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14494 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away

Earthquakes todayIndonesia earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00032j5. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC.