M5.1 earthquake 74 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 74 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Mon, Aug 6, 2001, 4:55 PM GMT+9 (07:55 UTC), 240 km (149 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 41 km NE 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
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-08-06 07:55:25 UTC
- Depth
- 239.6 km (148.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.175° N, 128.507° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 92
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9102 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9182 days ago · 200 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.241 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9175 days ago · 132 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5128 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9161 days ago · 225 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.976 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9155 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.5119 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9144 days ago · 200 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.810 km S of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9142 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.734 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9136 days ago · 129 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.890 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9134 days ago · 200 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4115 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9130 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000akxa. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC.