M4.6 earthquake 127 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 127 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, Mar 29, 2001, 12:46 AM GMT+9 (15:46 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 166 km N of Tobelo, 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
- 2001-03-28 15:46:41 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.755° N, 128.524° 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
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7166 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9310 days ago · 118 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3112 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9310 days ago · 146 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.6173 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9280 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5122 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9262 days ago · 227 km deep · 6 km away
Before
- 4.829 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9316 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1161 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9320 days ago · 206 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.9101 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9322 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.2167 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9324 days ago · 235 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1105 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9335 days ago · 200 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ac4x. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC.