M4.4 earthquake 56 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 56 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia on Wed, Aug 13, 2003, 6:30 PM GMT+8 (10:30 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 78 km S of Gorontalo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-13 10:30:03 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.161° N, 123.404° 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 usp000c4rr. 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
- 128°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.566 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 8449 days ago · 142 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.578 km S of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 8422 days ago · 94 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.171 km S of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 8415 days ago · 200 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.275 km E of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 8415 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.065 km SSE of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 8460 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.554 km SSE of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 8462 days ago · 150 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3101 km ENE of Luwuk, Indonesia · 8475 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.5110 km ENE of Luwuk, Indonesia · 8475 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c4rr. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:10 PM UTC.