M3.7 earthquake 129 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 129 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Mon, Dec 24, 2001, 4:42 AM GMT+9 (19:42 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 154 km NNE 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
- 3.7 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-12-23 19:42:07 UTC
- Depth
- 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.845° N, 128.360° 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
- 10
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.395 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9029 days ago · 200 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3118 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9025 days ago · 250 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.8176 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9022 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.786 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9020 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.0154 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9001 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.0108 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8996 days ago · 200 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 5.4133 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9046 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.0135 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9051 days ago · 200 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.289 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9055 days ago · 236 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.2124 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9059 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000av4w. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:07 PM UTC.