M4.3 earthquake 105 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 105 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia on Wed, Apr 29, 1987, 12:18 AM GMT+9 (15:18 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 136 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-04-28 15:18:59 UTC
- Depth
- 122.4 km (76.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.744° N, 127.064° 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 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2Molucca Sea · 14396 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6119 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14391 days ago · 112 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.674 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14385 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.7141 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14374 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7125 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14369 days ago · 102 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6145 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14363 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.5136 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14349 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.7144 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 14348 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.168 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14345 days ago · 125 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.6160 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14410 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.1102 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14414 days ago · 126 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.8117 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14416 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.8165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14424 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8152 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14430 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.1121 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14432 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00034jd. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC.