M4.8 earthquake 165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Apr 7, 1987, 2:57 PM GMT+9 (05:57 UTC), 117 km (72 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-04-07 05:57:03 UTC
- Depth
- 116.6 km (72.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.495° N, 126.736° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8117 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14406 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.1102 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14405 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.6160 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14400 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.3105 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14392 days ago · 122 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.2Molucca Sea · 14387 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.674 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14376 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.7141 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14364 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.7125 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14359 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.8152 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14420 days ago · 89 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.9154 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14421 days ago · 73 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.1121 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14422 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6175 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14426 days ago · 71 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4163 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14426 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
- 6.1165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14434 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.0113 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14439 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.0181 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14440 days ago · 63 km deep · 27 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00033z7. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC.