M4.8 earthquake Molucca Sea
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Molucca Sea on Thu, Nov 7, 2002, 6:30 PM GMT+9 (09:30 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 146 km NW 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-11-07 09:30:59 UTC
- Depth
- 76.7 km (47.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.606° N, 127.253° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5148 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8727 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.7203 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8722 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.9146 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8719 days ago · 63 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.9147 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8698 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.7166 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8684 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.488 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8683 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.899 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8677 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0138 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8673 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bgy9. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:51 AM UTC.