M4.7 earthquake 131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Apr 28, 2001, 11:01 AM GMT+9 (02:01 UTC), 53 km (33 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
- 2001-04-28 02:01:23 UTC
- Depth
- 53.2 km (33.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.289° N, 126.312° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6155 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9280 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.8126 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9279 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.4113 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9279 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.1115 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9279 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.8133 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9278 days ago · 46 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.5133 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9264 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.180 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9247 days ago · 122 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.9141 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9233 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.779 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9227 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4123 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9227 days ago · 100 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ae2h. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC.