M4.3 earthquake 187 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 187 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, Jan 10, 2002, 12:05 PM GMT+8 (04:05 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 224 km NE 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-01-10 04:05:57 UTC
- Depth
- 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.923° N, 126.817° 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
- 15
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7225 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9032 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5245 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9031 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.7224 km NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 9005 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.7223 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9005 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3219 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9004 days ago · 142 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.8117 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9003 days ago · 162 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3224 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8977 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aw58. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:52 PM UTC.