M4.6 earthquake 96 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 96 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Jun 13, 2000, 1:09 AM GMT+9 (16:09 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 135 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-06-12 16:09:18 UTC
- Depth
- 97.5 km (60.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.584° N, 127.015° 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
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.657 km SSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9607 days ago · 127 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.8135 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9597 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.8107 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9579 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.688 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9570 days ago · 119 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.7110 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9563 days ago · 112 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.2141 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9555 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.8146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9555 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.9141 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9549 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009ufz. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:43 AM UTC.