M4.8 earthquake 95 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 95 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Mar 9, 2002, 7:21 PM GMT+9 (10:21 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 138 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-03-09 10:21:25 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.312° N, 126.701° 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
- 12
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6145 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8967 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8962 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.6135 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8940 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.0118 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8933 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.0138 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8925 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2123 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8923 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3141 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8923 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.7169 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8917 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000azzt. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC.