Indonesia earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 113 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 113 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia on Sun, Sep 9, 2001, 12:30 AM GMT+8 (16:30 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 129 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Sep 9, 2001, 12:30 AM GMT+8
UTC: 2001-09-08 16:30:13 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 0.862° N, 125.828° E
Region: Indonesia
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.2	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.22	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.2	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III) at Tondano, Indonesia.

From the USGS event page for usp000anuw. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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 313°, dip 11°, rake -177°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 220°, dip 89°, rake -79°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 67

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

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

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000anuw (also filed as gcmtb090801a, gcmt20010908163013, iscgem2057936). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:59 AM UTC.