Indonesia earthquakes

M5.8 earthquake 142 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 142 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Feb 25, 2001, 12:07 AM GMT+8 (16:07 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 135 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.8 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Sun, Feb 25, 2001, 12:07 AM GMT+8
UTC: 2001-02-24 16:07:47 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 1.559° N, 126.354° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique reverse
Nodal plane 1: Strike 190°, dip 47°, rake 45°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 65°, dip 59°, rake 127°

How well it is located

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 111

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.8 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aa92 (also filed as gcmtb022401b, gcmt20010224160747, iscgem1832537). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:37 AM UTC.