Indonesia earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 130 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 130 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Feb 27, 2001, 12:16 AM GMT+9 (15:16 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 137 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Tue, Feb 27, 2001, 12:16 AM GMT+9
UTC: 2001-02-26 15:16:35 UTC
Depth: 60.2 km (37.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 1.338° N, 126.345° 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 normal
Nodal plane 1: Strike 23°, dip 18°, rake -134°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 248°, dip 77°, rake -78°

How well it is located

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Stations used: 80

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aaep (also filed as gcmtb022601i, gcmt20010226151635, iscgem1832594). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:54 AM UTC.