M4.5 earthquake 230 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 230 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sun, Apr 23, 2000, 10:59 PM GMT+9 (13:59 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 152 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-04-23 13:59:48 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.653° N, 128.814° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7253 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9637 days ago · 177 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.7241 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9632 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8152 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9627 days ago · 152 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.8257 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9663 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.6247 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9663 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1237 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9663 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5248 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9663 days ago · 117 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3232 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9664 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.0265 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9664 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1239 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9664 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.1243 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9665 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5273 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9665 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7242 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9665 days ago · 100 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.7258 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9665 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3265 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9665 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6245 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9665 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.5242 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9665 days ago · 86 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.8235 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9665 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.7239 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9665 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.3241 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9665 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.8235 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9665 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.5248 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9665 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4234 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9665 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009rru. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC.