Indonesia earthquakes

M6.2 earthquake 135 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck 135 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Feb 25, 2001, 1:33 AM GMT+9 (16:33 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.2 (mwc), strong
Local time: Sun, Feb 25, 2001, 1:33 AM GMT+9
UTC: 2001-02-24 16:33:44 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 1.555° N, 126.431° 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 173°, dip 52°, rake 47°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 50°, dip 55°, rake 131°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 208

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.2 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aa95 (also filed as gcmtc022401c, gcmt20010224163344, iscgem1817574). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:37 AM UTC.