M4.5 earthquake 77 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 77 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Jul 9, 2002, 6:31 AM GMT+9 (21:31 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 59 km WSW 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
- 2002-07-08 21:31:04 UTC
- Depth
- 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.476° N, 127.221° 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
- 22
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7105 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8842 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7126 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8838 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.159 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8819 days ago · 114 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5163 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8819 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4103 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8807 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.878 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8806 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.389 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8800 days ago · 138 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8798 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b7rz. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.