M4.5 earthquake 102 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 102 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Sep 4, 2001, 6:24 AM GMT+9 (21:24 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 129 km ESE of Tondano, 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
- 2001-09-03 21:24:12 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.120° N, 126.527° 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
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9155 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.8141 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9155 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5139 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9151 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.2113 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9150 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.348 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9144 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.9121 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9141 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.9138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9132 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.7130 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9126 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4137 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9122 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 6.0129 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9115 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.7150 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9108 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.7136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9106 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.861 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9104 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.690 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9104 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.2122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9100 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 4.7101 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9156 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.8139 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3105 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.3127 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.0141 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9158 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8138 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9159 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2115 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9160 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.9101 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9162 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.1100 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9162 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.1119 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9162 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.0116 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.293 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.3109 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.3113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.284 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.0114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.098 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.1110 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.1114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 6.1118 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
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