M4.4 earthquake 102 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 102 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Jun 9, 2002, 3:03 PM GMT+9 (06:03 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 132 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), 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
- 2002-06-09 06:03:07 UTC
- Depth
- 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.641° N, 127.023° 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
- 26
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8171 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8877 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6172 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8877 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5Molucca Sea · 8876 days ago · 150 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.577 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8849 days ago · 100 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.7105 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8842 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.7126 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8838 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.1132 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8820 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.159 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8819 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 5.986 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8893 days ago · 109 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.1161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8898 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.569 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8902 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.999 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8904 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b5u7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC.