M4.8 earthquake 159 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 159 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Jul 12, 1987, 5:50 PM GMT+9 (08:50 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 168 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-07-12 08:50:48 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.927° N, 126.496° 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2168 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14317 days ago · 77 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.771 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14311 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.083 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 14300 days ago · 136 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4155 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14289 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.2161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14272 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.277 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14270 days ago · 126 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 5.2171 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14317 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.8168 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14319 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.7144 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 14337 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.5136 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14338 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00036kq. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:20 AM UTC.