M5.1 earthquake 121 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 121 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Mon, Mar 30, 1987, 8:24 AM GMT+9 (23:24 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 Molucca Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-03-29 23:24:04 UTC
- Depth
- 69.3 km (43.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.282° N, 127.062° 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 2.1 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9154 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14432 days ago · 73 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.8152 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14431 days ago · 89 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.8165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14424 days ago · 117 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.8117 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14416 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.1102 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14415 days ago · 126 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.6160 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14411 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3105 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14403 days ago · 122 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.2Molucca Sea · 14397 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.674 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14386 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7141 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14375 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.6175 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14437 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4163 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14437 days ago · 84 km deep · 84 km away
- 6.1165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14445 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.0113 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14449 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.0181 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14450 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5100 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14458 days ago · 86 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00033rs. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC.