Indonesia earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 124 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 124 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Dec 11, 2001, 7:35 AM GMT+9 (22:35 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 133 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Tue, Dec 11, 2001, 7:35 AM GMT+9
UTC: 2001-12-10 22:35:36 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 2.818° N, 128.287° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1: Strike 201°, dip 70°, rake 12°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 107°, dip 78°, rake 160°

How well it is located

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 78

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000auda (also filed as gcmtb121001c, gcmt20011210223536, iscgem2426011). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:19 PM UTC.