Indonesia earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 121 km W of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 121 km W of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Sep 18, 2001, 2:54 PM GMT+9 (05:54 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2001-09-18 05:54:49 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
0.990° N, 126.312° E
Region
Indonesia
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Depth from
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Stations used
21

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.9138 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9132 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 4.7130 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9126 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.4137 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9122 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 6.0129 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9115 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 5.7150 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9108 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.7136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9106 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.861 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9104 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 4.690 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9104 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 5.2122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9100 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 4.4149 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9092 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 4.6134 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9092 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 4.2124 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9085 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.348 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9144 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 5.2113 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9150 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 4.5139 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9151 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.8141 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9155 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.6129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9155 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.5102 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9155 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.7101 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9156 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 4.8139 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 4.3105 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 5.3127 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9157 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 5.0141 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9158 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.8138 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9159 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 4.2115 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9160 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 4.9101 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9162 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 4.1100 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9162 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 5.1119 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9162 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 5.0116 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 4.293 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 4.3109 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 5.3113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9163 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away

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