M4.2 earthquake 143 km W of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 143 km W of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Mar 8, 1987, 7:18 AM GMT+8 (23:18 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 116 km WSW 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-03-07 23:18:56 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.775° N, 126.098° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5116 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14437 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.8118 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14435 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.0129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14433 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.6117 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14430 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.8114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14409 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 4.8108 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14452 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6110 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14454 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.1114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14456 days ago · 47 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.2138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14459 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.8109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14461 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.792 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14462 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3101 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 116 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.0119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4122 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.0109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 6.2133 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.8128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.0125 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.4138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.0138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14465 days ago · 67 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.2128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14466 days ago · 52 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.7115 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14466 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 6.8136 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14467 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003335. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:58 PM UTC.