Indonesia earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 120 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 120 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Aug 26, 2001, 1:17 PM GMT+9 (04:17 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: 5.1 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Sun, Aug 26, 2001, 1:17 PM GMT+9
UTC: 2001-08-26 04:17:03 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 1.145° N, 126.363° 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: Oblique reverse
Nodal plane 1: Strike 175°, dip 24°, rake 51°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 36°, dip 71°, rake 106°

How well it is located

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 69

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000an1x (also filed as gcmtb082601c, gcmt20010826041703, iscgem2052202). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:48 AM UTC.