M5.2 earthquake 147 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 147 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, Feb 10, 2000, 10:06 PM GMT+9 (13:06 UTC), 236 km (147 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 157 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-02-10 13:06:02 UTC
- Depth
- 235.8 km (146.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.940° N, 128.562° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.13 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.1 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
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
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 273°, dip 13°, rake 11°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 173°, dip 87°, rake 103°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7107 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9706 days ago · 177 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5142 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9699 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.991 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9698 days ago · 232 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.9157 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9691 days ago · 103 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009na2 (also filed as gcmtb021000c, gcmt20000210130602, iscgem1728332). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.