M4.5 earthquake Carlsberg Ridge
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Carlsberg Ridge on Mon, Aug 18, 2003, 11:12 PM GMT+5 (18:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Carlsberg Ridge. 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-18 18:12:03 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.228° S, 69.530° E
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000c59y. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Carlsberg Ridge · 8423 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6Carlsberg Ridge · 8409 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 5.4Carlsberg Ridge · 8467 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.8Carlsberg Ridge · 8469 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.8Carlsberg Ridge · 8473 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.6Carlsberg Ridge · 8473 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7Carlsberg Ridge · 8473 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.1Carlsberg Ridge · 8474 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c59y. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:11 AM UTC.