M4.6 earthquake 140 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 140 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Thu, Jan 30, 2003, 4:56 PM GMT+8 (08:56 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 129 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-01-30 08:56:30 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.503° N, 126.339° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.393 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8641 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.8129 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8622 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.6138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8618 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.8152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8602 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.7149 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8599 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.773 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8598 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.9113 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8649 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.083 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8658 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.9102 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8661 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.8128 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8668 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bpm6. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:45 AM UTC.