M4.7 earthquake 132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Wed, Mar 7, 2001, 5:15 AM GMT+8 (21:15 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 126 km WSW 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-03-06 21:15:22 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.268° N, 126.296° 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
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4123 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9335 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.9140 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9330 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.3136 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9329 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.9163 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9318 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.8139 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9317 days ago · 87 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6175 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9310 days ago · 100 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.8130 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9310 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.4117 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9304 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.7131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9284 days ago · 53 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.6155 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9280 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.8126 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9279 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.4113 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9279 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.1115 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9279 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.8133 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9278 days ago · 46 km deep · 2 km away
Before
- 5.0127 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9337 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.9Molucca Sea · 9338 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.4137 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9338 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.9112 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9339 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7141 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9340 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.2115 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9340 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.092 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9342 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.8137 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9344 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.7125 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9344 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.6136 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9344 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.1130 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 60 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.3129 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.7149 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.1155 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.4124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.4138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.7136 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 64 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4129 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.8119 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3125 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9346 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ab11. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:47 AM UTC.