M4.6 earthquake 110 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 110 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Thu, Feb 26, 1987, 3:37 PM GMT+9 (06:37 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 90 km NW 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-02-26 06:37:37 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.466° N, 126.654° 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 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.790 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14452 days ago · 100 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5100 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14448 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2143 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14444 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.0113 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14438 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 6.1165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14434 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.0129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14432 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4163 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14426 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6175 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14426 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.8114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14409 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.1102 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14404 days ago · 126 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 5.1114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14456 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14461 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.792 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14462 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3101 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 116 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.0119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4122 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.0109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 6.2133 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.8128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.0125 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.4138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.0138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14465 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.2128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14465 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.7115 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14466 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 6.2126 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14471 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.0120 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14472 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 6.4138 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14482 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00032ss. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC.