M5.0 earthquake Molucca Sea
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck in the Molucca Sea on Tue, Aug 8, 2000, 2:16 AM GMT+9 (17:16 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-08-07 17:16:43 UTC
- Depth
- 77.0 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 0.060° N, 126.622° 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
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8113 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9536 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.8156 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9534 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5114 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9507 days ago · 85 km deep · 14 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009y2v. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC.