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M5.9 earthquake Halmahera, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck in Halmahera, Indonesia on Wed, Sep 27, 2000, 1:49 AM GMT+9 (16:49 UTC), 142 km (88 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.9 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Wed, Sep 27, 2000, 1:49 AM GMT+9
UTC: 2000-09-26 16:49:33 UTC
Depth: 142.0 km (88.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 1.123° N, 127.442° E
Region: Indonesia
Strongest shaking: IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: IV, light shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 2.2% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: -0.1 cm/s
Map: Automatic

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Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique reverse
Nodal plane 1: Strike 184°, dip 44°, rake 146°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 300°, dip 67°, rake 51°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Stations used: 265

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.9 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a0v2 (also filed as choy20000926164933, gcmtb092600d, gcmt20000926164933, iscgem1740285). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC.