M4.8 earthquake 89 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 89 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Jan 19, 2002, 5:58 PM GMT+9 (08:58 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-01-19 08:58:43 UTC
- Depth
- 102.1 km (63.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.487° N, 126.979° 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
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5126 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8998 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8117 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8998 days ago · 162 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7132 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8989 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.895 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8969 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.6145 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8966 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.773 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9030 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8141 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9037 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8125 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 9038 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4171 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9041 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.2163 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9042 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.8140 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9048 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aws0. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.