M5.8 earthquake 135 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 135 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Fri, Jun 23, 2000, 1:01 PM GMT+8 (05:01 UTC), 65 km (41 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Mwb, body-wave moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-06-23 05:01:54 UTC
- Depth
- 65.3 km (40.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.279° N, 126.266° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | Mwb, body-wave moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.71 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.7 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Bitung, Manado and Tondano, Indonesia.
From the USGS event page for usp0009v05. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- Reverse (thrust)
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 205°, dip 41°, rake 75°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 45°, dip 51°, rake 103°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 213
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1108 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9588 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.578 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9585 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.8107 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9580 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.8119 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9571 days ago · 80 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.449 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9569 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5107 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9568 days ago · 109 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7110 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9564 days ago · 112 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2141 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9556 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9555 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009v05 (also filed as gcmtc062300a, gcmt20000623050154, iscgem1736788). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC.