M4.0 earthquake 223 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 223 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 6:49 PM GMT+8 (10:49 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 235 km NW 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-04-18 10:49:27 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.430° N, 126.917° 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
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1228 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8929 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2224 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8928 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.2235 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8928 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.2238 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8928 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4232 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8922 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.6236 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8910 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.0194 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8904 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0196 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8902 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.7Pulau-Pulau Talaud, Indonesia · 8896 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.6186 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8896 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.9181 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8896 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3186 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8896 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.2183 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8896 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5180 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8896 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.1178 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8896 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.8181 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8896 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.2183 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8895 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6184 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8895 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5182 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8895 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.1180 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8892 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3188 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8892 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4186 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8892 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3187 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8885 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4227 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8885 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7244 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8880 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6191 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8879 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4220 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8879 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.8234 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8872 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 5.3223 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8930 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 5.0221 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8931 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.2235 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8931 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.7235 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8933 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.2237 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8933 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3243 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8938 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.0229 km NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8954 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b2nh. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC.