M4.8 earthquake 119 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 119 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Mon, Feb 26, 2001, 6:32 AM GMT+9 (21:32 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 138 km NW 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-02-25 21:32:21 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.447° N, 126.534° 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
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4129 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.7136 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 64 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.4138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.4124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.1155 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.7149 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3129 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.1130 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 60 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6136 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7125 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.8137 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9344 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.092 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9342 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.2115 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9340 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.7141 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9340 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.9112 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9340 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.4137 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9339 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.9Molucca Sea · 9338 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.0127 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9337 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.7132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9337 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4123 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9336 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.9140 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9330 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3136 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9330 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.9163 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9318 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.8139 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9317 days ago · 87 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9311 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6175 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9310 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.8130 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9310 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4117 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9304 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.698 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9291 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 4.3125 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9346 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.6123 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9346 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.4125 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9346 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.4106 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9346 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.8134 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9346 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.0127 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9346 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.3140 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9346 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6142 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9346 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3139 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9347 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6139 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9347 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.9141 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9347 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9347 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.8136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9347 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.8142 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9347 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 6.2135 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9347 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.6133 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9347 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.8142 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9347 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.7132 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9347 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.1118 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9347 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 7.1137 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9347 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
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