M4.5 earthquake Molucca Sea
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Molucca Sea on Wed, Apr 12, 2000, 10:56 PM GMT+8 (14:56 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
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The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-04-12 14:56:01 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.974° N, 125.888° 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
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- Depth from
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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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009r6r. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.