M4.7 earthquake 34 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 34 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Sep 25, 2001, 2:15 AM GMT+9 (17:15 UTC), 129 km (80 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-09-24 17:15:39 UTC
- Depth
- 128.6 km (79.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.959° N, 128.216° 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
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.890 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9138 days ago · 200 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4115 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9135 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.8109 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9123 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2115 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9121 days ago · 200 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.039 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9119 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.641 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9119 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5Halmahera, Indonesia · 9104 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.810 km S of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9146 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5119 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9148 days ago · 200 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.976 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9160 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5128 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9165 days ago · 225 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000apqg. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.