M4.9 earthquake 73 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 73 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Aug 29, 2000, 7:18 PM GMT+9 (10:18 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 Halmahera, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-08-29 10:18:21 UTC
- Depth
- 87.4 km (54.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.808° N, 127.358° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.222 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9527 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.894 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9523 days ago · 104 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.2102 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9523 days ago · 114 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.693 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9507 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.9Halmahera, Indonesia · 9499 days ago · 142 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.824 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9491 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.327 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9491 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.627 km SSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9491 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4135 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9480 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.7163 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9539 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.860 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9546 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.9141 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9547 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9552 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2141 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9553 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009zbf. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:43 PM UTC.