M4.9 earthquake 154 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 154 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Mar 31, 1987, 12:53 AM GMT+9 (15:53 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 102 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-03-30 15:53:06 UTC
- Depth
- 72.5 km (45.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.645° N, 126.956° 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 1.9 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8152 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14420 days ago · 89 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.8165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14413 days ago · 117 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.8117 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14405 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.1102 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14404 days ago · 126 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6160 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14399 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.2Molucca Sea · 14386 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.674 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14375 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 5.1121 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14421 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.6175 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14425 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
- 6.1165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14433 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.0113 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14438 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.0181 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14439 days ago · 63 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.5100 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14447 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00033sa. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:12 AM UTC.