M4.7 earthquake 166 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 166 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sun, Dec 22, 2002, 1:00 AM GMT+9 (16:00 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 209 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-21 16:00:36 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.434° N, 126.684° 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
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.488 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8682 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0138 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8672 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.8128 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8668 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2161 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8656 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5155 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8656 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.6216 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8652 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.3209 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8646 days ago · 83 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.8204 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8645 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.393 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8641 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1167 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8641 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bm3v. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.