M4.5 earthquake Molucca Sea
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Molucca Sea on Wed, Jun 12, 2002, 5:21 AM GMT+9 (20:21 UTC), 150 km (93 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 133 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-06-11 20:21:47 UTC
- Depth
- 150.0 km (93.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.269° N, 126.991° 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
- 9
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.577 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8849 days ago · 100 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.3133 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8838 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7126 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8838 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.1132 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8819 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.159 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8819 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.8131 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8817 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.4102 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8879 days ago · 100 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.986 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8893 days ago · 109 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.1161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8898 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.569 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8901 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.999 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8904 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b5zf. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:07 AM UTC.