M4.4 earthquake Molucca Sea
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Molucca Sea on Tue, Jul 16, 2002, 11:52 PM GMT+8 (15:52 UTC), 33 km (21 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-07-16 15:52:21 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.915° N, 126.035° 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
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3133 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8838 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.1132 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8820 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.8131 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8817 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.6115 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8816 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.878 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8806 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8798 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3147 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8795 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.7135 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8783 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b87r. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:11 AM UTC.