Indonesia earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 102 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 102 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Sep 3, 2000, 2:00 PM GMT+9 (05:00 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 Halmahera, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Sun, Sep 3, 2000, 2:00 PM GMT+9
UTC: 2000-09-03 05:00:45 UTC
Depth: 114.0 km (70.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 1.570° N, 126.893° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique normal
Nodal plane 1: Strike 162°, dip 14°, rake -128°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 21°, dip 79°, rake -82°

How well it is located

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Stations used: 100

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009zm9 (also filed as gcmtb090300a, gcmt20000903050045, iscgem1739612). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC.