M4.4 earthquake 85 km SSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 85 km SSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia on Tue, Jul 23, 2002, 2:56 PM GMT+8 (06:56 UTC), 145 km (90 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 117 km WSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-07-23 06:56:11 UTC
- Depth
- 144.7 km (89.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 0.158° S, 122.720° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.887 km S of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 8834 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.1117 km WSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 8827 days ago · 196 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5109 km WSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 8789 days ago · 183 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5106 km WSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 8784 days ago · 200 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.480 km NNE of Luwuk, Indonesia · 8777 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b8mh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:54 PM UTC.