M4.5 earthquake 165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Wed, Sep 5, 1990, 5:22 AM GMT+9 (20:22 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 152 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-09-04 20:22:03 UTC
- Depth
- 96.6 km (60.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.296° N, 126.634° 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: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.9123 km NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 13181 days ago · 198 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7169 km NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 13182 days ago · 98 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.8203 km NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 13183 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.8180 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 13193 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5162 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 13198 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.974 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 13201 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004ean. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.