M4.6 earthquake 88 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 88 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, Jul 20, 2000, 11:12 AM GMT+9 (02:12 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 102 km NNW of Ternate, 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-07-20 02:12:11 UTC
- Depth
- 118.6 km (73.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.653° N, 127.214° 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.
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7110 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9563 days ago · 112 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2141 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9555 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.8146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9554 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.9141 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9549 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.973 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9530 days ago · 87 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.222 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9530 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.894 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9526 days ago · 104 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.2102 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9525 days ago · 114 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009wtv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:24 AM UTC.