M4.5 earthquake 119 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 119 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Mon, Sep 17, 2001, 3:15 AM GMT+9 (18:15 UTC), 200 km (124 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 90 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-09-16 18:15:40 UTC
- Depth
- 200.0 km (124.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.678° N, 128.516° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.734 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9138 days ago · 129 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.890 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9137 days ago · 200 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4115 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9133 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.8109 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9121 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.2115 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9119 days ago · 200 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.8147 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9102 days ago · 200 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ap9y. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC.