Indonesia earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 57 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 57 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia on Thu, Jul 10, 2003, 11:23 PM GMT+8 (15:23 UTC), 134 km (83 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: 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Jul 10, 2003, 11:23 PM GMT+8
UTC: 2003-07-10 15:23:14 UTC
Depth: 133.5 km (83.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 0.117° N, 123.366° 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 usp000c24x. 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: 84°
Stations used: 51

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c24x. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:44 AM UTC.