Indonesia earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 63 km SSE of Gorontalo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 63 km SSE of Gorontalo, Indonesia on Sat, May 24, 2003, 12:02 PM GMT+8 (04:02 UTC), 185 km (115 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 110 km ENE of Luwuk, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sat, May 24, 2003, 12:02 PM GMT+8
UTC: 2003-05-24 04:02:43 UTC
Depth: 185.1 km (115.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 0.006° N, 123.284° E
Region: Indonesia
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 usp000by0d. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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How well it is located

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Depth from: FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap: 136°
Stations used: 24

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000by0d. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC.