M5.5 earthquake 242 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 242 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Apr 18, 2000, 8:07 AM GMT+9 (23:07 UTC), 86 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 264 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-04-17 23:07:22 UTC
- Depth
- 86.3 km (53.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 3.913° N, 128.215° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.45 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.4 | 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
- Reverse (thrust)
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 158°, dip 24°, rake 61°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 9°, dip 69°, rake 102°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6245 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9662 days ago · 52 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3265 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9662 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.7258 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9662 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.7242 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9662 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5273 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9662 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.1243 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9662 days ago · 100 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.1239 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9662 days ago · 100 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.0265 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9661 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3232 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9661 days ago · 66 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5248 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9661 days ago · 117 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1237 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9661 days ago · 117 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.6247 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9661 days ago · 92 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.5north of Halmahera, Indonesia · 9660 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.8257 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9660 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.5230 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9657 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4north of Halmahera, Indonesia · 9641 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.7253 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9635 days ago · 177 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.7241 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9629 days ago · 66 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.8152 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9625 days ago · 152 km deep · 90 km away
- 6.3264 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9605 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3277 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9604 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 4.8235 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9663 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.7239 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9663 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.3241 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9663 days ago · 73 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.8235 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9663 days ago · 83 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.5248 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9663 days ago · 57 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.4234 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9663 days ago · 100 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6222 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9663 days ago · 101 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3254 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9664 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3262 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9666 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.8252 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9677 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3267 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9686 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.9157 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9690 days ago · 103 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009rf2 (also filed as gcmtb041700d, gcmt20000417230722, iscgem1734532). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.