Indonesia earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Fri, Jul 6, 2001, 2:43 AM GMT+9 (17:43 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 118 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2001-07-05 17:43:38 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.097° N, 126.308° E
Region
Indonesia
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Depth from
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Stations used
34

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.7138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9190 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.5132 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9188 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.9138 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9181 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 5.2121 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9165 days ago · 57 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 5.1120 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9164 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.3Molucca Sea · 9164 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 5.0113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9164 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 4.4118 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9164 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 4.7105 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9164 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 6.1118 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 5.1114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 5.1110 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 4.098 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 5.0114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 4.284 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 5.3113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 4.3109 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 4.293 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 5.0116 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 5.1119 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9162 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 4.1100 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9162 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 4.9101 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9162 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 4.2115 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9160 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 4.8138 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9159 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 5.0141 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9159 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 5.3127 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 4.3105 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 4.8139 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 4.7101 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 4.4123 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9228 days ago · 100 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 5.779 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9228 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.9141 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9233 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aj1m. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:51 AM UTC.