M4.5 earthquake 69 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 69 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, May 18, 2002, 1:46 AM GMT+9 (16:46 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 86 km W 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-05-17 16:46:49 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.097° N, 126.839° 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
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.986 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8893 days ago · 109 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4102 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8879 days ago · 100 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Molucca Sea · 8876 days ago · 150 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.577 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8849 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.4131 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8848 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7128 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8847 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4Molucca Sea · 8841 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.999 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8904 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3141 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8924 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2123 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8924 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.0138 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8925 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b4ge. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC.