M3.9 earthquake 141 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 141 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, Aug 10, 2000, 12:11 PM GMT+9 (03:11 UTC), 33 km (21 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
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-08-10 03:11:59 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.439° N, 126.955° 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
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7131 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9545 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7163 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9539 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5222 km NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9538 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.973 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9527 days ago · 87 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.894 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9523 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.2102 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9523 days ago · 114 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.693 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9506 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.8210 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9502 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.9186 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9497 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 4.8146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9552 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2141 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9553 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.7152 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9557 days ago · 96 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7110 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9560 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.688 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9568 days ago · 119 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009y7k. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:43 PM UTC.