M4.6 earthquake 129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Sep 4, 2001, 6:25 AM GMT+9 (21:25 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-09-03 21:25:52 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.005° N, 126.243° 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
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8141 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9155 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.5139 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9151 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.2113 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9150 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.348 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9144 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.9121 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9141 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.9138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9132 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.7130 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9126 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.4137 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9122 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 6.0129 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9115 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.7150 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9108 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.7136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9106 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.861 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9104 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.690 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9104 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.2122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9100 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 4.5102 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9155 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.7101 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9156 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.8139 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3105 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.3127 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.0141 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9158 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.8138 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9159 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2115 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9160 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.9101 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9162 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.1100 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9162 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.1119 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9162 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.0116 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.293 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3109 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.3113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.284 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.0114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.098 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.1110 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.1114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
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