M4.8 earthquake 109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia on Wed, Feb 18, 1987, 11:22 PM GMT+9 (14:22 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.
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
- 1987-02-18 14:22:54 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.976° N, 126.418° 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 1.8 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14458 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.1114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14455 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.6110 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14453 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.790 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14452 days ago · 100 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.8108 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14451 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2143 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14443 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.5116 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14436 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8118 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14435 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.0129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14432 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6117 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14430 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.8114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14409 days ago · 67 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 4.792 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14462 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3101 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14462 days ago · 116 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.0119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14462 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4122 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.0109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 6.2133 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.8128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.0125 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.4138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.0138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14465 days ago · 67 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.2128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14465 days ago · 52 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.7115 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14466 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 6.8136 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14466 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
- 6.2126 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14471 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.0120 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14472 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 6.4138 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14481 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.9134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14487 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00032kg. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.