M5.2 earthquake 77 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 77 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Fri, Aug 28, 1987, 8:00 AM GMT+9 (23:00 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 126 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
- 5.2 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-08-27 23:00:21 UTC
- Depth
- 126.2 km (78.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.926° N, 127.343° 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 2.2 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5151 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14262 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.4126 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14238 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8149 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14231 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6104 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14218 days ago · 117 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 5.2161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14272 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.415 km SSE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14275 days ago · 128 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4155 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14289 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.582 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14290 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.083 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 14300 days ago · 136 km deep · 44 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00037w4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC.