M4.8 earthquake 118 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 118 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Mar 17, 1987, 6:11 AM GMT+9 (21:11 UTC), 30 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 129 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
- 1987-03-16 21:11:19 UTC
- Depth
- 29.7 km (18.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.538° N, 126.349° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14432 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.6117 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14430 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.8114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14409 days ago · 67 km deep · 13 km away
Before
- 4.5116 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14436 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.2143 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14443 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.8108 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14451 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.1114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14455 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.2138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14458 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.8109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14461 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.792 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14462 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3101 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14462 days ago · 116 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.0119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14462 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4122 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14462 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.0109 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 6.2133 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.8128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.0125 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.4138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 14463 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00033cj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:06 AM UTC.