M4.5 earthquake 132 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 132 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Thu, Aug 2, 2001, 7:46 PM GMT+9 (10:46 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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-08-02 10:46:51 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.540° N, 126.223° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9138 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9182 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.2121 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9166 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.1120 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9166 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Molucca Sea · 9166 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.0113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9165 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4118 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9165 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.7105 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9165 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 6.1118 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9165 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.1114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9165 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.1110 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9165 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.098 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9165 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.0114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9165 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.284 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9165 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.3113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9165 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3109 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9165 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.293 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9164 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.0116 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9164 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.1119 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9164 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1100 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9164 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.9101 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2115 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9161 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.3127 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9159 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3105 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9159 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.8139 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9158 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7101 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9158 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5102 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.8141 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.2113 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9152 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4173 km SSE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9151 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.348 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9145 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.9121 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9143 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.9138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9134 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000akqr. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC.