Indonesia earthquakes

M5.9 earthquake 157 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck 157 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Mar 21, 2000, 2:26 PM GMT+9 (05:26 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.9 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Mar 21, 2000, 2:26 PM GMT+9
UTC: 2000-03-21 05:26:07 UTC
Depth: 102.7 km (63.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 3.155° N, 128.034° 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
5.9	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.89	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.9	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: Oblique reverse
Nodal plane 1: Strike 16°, dip 40°, rake 148°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 131°, dip 70°, rake 55°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.9 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009pzn (also filed as gcmtc032100b, gcmt20000321052607, iscgem1733794). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC.