M3.9 earthquake 163 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 163 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Mar 25, 2001, 9:02 PM GMT+8 (13:02 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 139 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-03-25 13:02:39 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.929° N, 126.447° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8139 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9316 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9311 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6175 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9310 days ago · 100 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.8130 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9310 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4117 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9304 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.698 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9291 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9284 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6155 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9280 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.8133 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9278 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5133 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9264 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 4.3136 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9329 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.9140 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9329 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4123 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9335 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.7132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9336 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.0127 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9337 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.9Molucca Sea · 9338 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.4137 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9338 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.9112 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9339 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7141 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9340 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.2115 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9340 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.092 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9342 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.8137 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9344 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.8179 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9344 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.7125 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9344 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6136 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9344 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.1130 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9344 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3129 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9344 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.7149 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.1155 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.4124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9345 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ac0s. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:34 PM UTC.