M4.1 earthquake 71 km S of Gorontalo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 71 km S of Gorontalo, Indonesia on Fri, Sep 19, 2003, 8:10 PM GMT+8 (12:10 UTC), 200 km (124 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 80 km SSE 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-09-19 12:10:22 UTC
- Depth
- 200.0 km (124.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 0.102° S, 122.964° 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 usp000c808. 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
- 172°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.580 km SSE of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 8374 days ago · 146 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.558 km ENE of Luwuk, Indonesia · 8365 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c808. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC.