M5.9 earthquake 164 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck 164 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sat, Aug 4, 2001, 10:44 AM GMT+9 (01:44 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.9 (Mwb, body-wave moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-08-04 01:44:53 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.809° N, 126.995° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.9 | Mwb, body-wave moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.81 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.8 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
| 5.76 | Me, energy | Choy, USGS energy magnitude | Reviewed |
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
- Reverse (thrust)
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 206°, dip 27°, rake 89°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 28°, dip 63°, rake 91°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 186
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.9 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8164 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9191 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.8165 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9191 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.4161 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9190 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.4169 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9190 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.4153 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9189 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.4149 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9189 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.2150 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9188 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.2162 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9182 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.4240 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9168 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4133 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9166 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.8194 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9139 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000akt8 (also filed as choy20010804014453, gcmtb080401a, gcmt20010804014453, iscgem1955357). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC.