M4.8 earthquake 94 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 94 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Sep 2, 2000, 10:44 PM GMT+9 (13:44 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 Halmahera, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-09-02 13:44:42 UTC
- Depth
- 104.4 km (64.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.589° N, 127.090° 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
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2102 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9522 days ago · 114 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.1142 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9519 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.8150 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9516 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.693 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9506 days ago · 105 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.9Halmahera, Indonesia · 9499 days ago · 142 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.824 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9490 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.327 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9490 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.627 km SSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9490 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4135 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9480 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.082 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9478 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.724 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9463 days ago · 100 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.222 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9527 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.973 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9527 days ago · 87 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.9141 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9546 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9552 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2141 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9552 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009zk3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC.