M4.0 earthquake 94 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 94 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Mar 5, 1988, 8:22 PM GMT+9 (11:22 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 Halmahera, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-03-05 11:22:41 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.462° N, 126.852° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.840 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14051 days ago · 152 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.7131 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14050 days ago · 78 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.9Halmahera, Indonesia · 14044 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5Molucca Sea · 14042 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.0142 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14039 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 4.8137 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14090 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.9139 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 14096 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.081 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14099 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.6133 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 14100 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0126 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 14100 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003dm2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC.