M4.6 earthquake 93 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 93 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Sep 19, 2000, 8:13 PM GMT+9 (11:13 UTC), 105 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-09-19 11:13:41 UTC
- Depth
- 105.2 km (65.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.548° N, 127.018° 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
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.9Halmahera, Indonesia · 9499 days ago · 142 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.824 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9490 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.327 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9490 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2118 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9486 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4135 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9480 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.082 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9478 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.724 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9463 days ago · 100 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.7136 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9456 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2154 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9451 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2135 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9449 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 4.8150 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9516 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.1142 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9519 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.2102 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9522 days ago · 114 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.894 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9523 days ago · 104 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.222 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9527 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.973 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9527 days ago · 87 km deep · 48 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a0gz. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC.