Indonesia earthquakes

M5.7 earthquake 138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Wed, Aug 1, 2001, 12:11 AM GMT+9 (15:11 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: 5.7 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Wed, Aug 1, 2001, 12:11 AM GMT+9
UTC: 2001-07-31 15:11:18 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 1.557° N, 126.399° 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: Reverse (thrust)
Nodal plane 1: Strike 197°, dip 34°, rake 67°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 44°, dip 60°, rake 105°

How well it is located

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 187

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

4.7124 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaFri, Jul 6, 2:43 AM GMT+9 · 9215 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000akm4 (also filed as gcmtb073101f, gcmt20010731151118, iscgem2030191). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:58 AM UTC.