M5.0 earthquake 83 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 83 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Fri, Jan 17, 2003, 1:47 AM GMT+9 (16:47 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 Halmahera, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-01-16 16:47:07 UTC
- Depth
- 63.6 km (39.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.460° N, 127.033° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Stations used
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6140 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8644 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.393 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8641 days ago · 100 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.8129 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8622 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8617 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 6.4Halmahera, Indonesia · 8605 days ago · 94 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.8152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8602 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.7149 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8599 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.773 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8598 days ago · 64 km deep · 15 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bnnn. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:51 AM UTC.