M5.4 earthquake 133 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 133 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sun, Dec 23, 2001, 7:00 PM GMT+9 (10:00 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
- 5.4 (mwc), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-12-23 10:00:46 UTC
- Depth
- 33.1 km (20.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.884° N, 128.372° 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
- Oblique reverse
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 146°, dip 33°, rake 56°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 4°, dip 63°, rake 110°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 77
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.7129 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9046 days ago · 100 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.395 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9030 days ago · 200 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3118 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9025 days ago · 250 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.8176 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9022 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.786 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9020 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.0154 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9001 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.0108 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8996 days ago · 200 km deep · 70 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000av3p (also filed as gcmtb122301b, gcmt20011223100046, iscgem2974699). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC.