M4.7 earthquake 110 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 110 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Thu, Jul 27, 2000, 6:24 PM GMT+9 (09:24 UTC), 112 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 102 km NNW 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-07-27 09:24:14 UTC
- Depth
- 111.6 km (69.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.667° N, 126.911° 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
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2141 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9553 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.8146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9552 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.9141 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9547 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7163 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9539 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.973 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9528 days ago · 87 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.894 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9523 days ago · 104 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.2102 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9523 days ago · 114 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.1142 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9520 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.8150 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9517 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.693 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9506 days ago · 105 km deep · 18 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009x93. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:48 PM UTC.