M4.7 earthquake 78 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 78 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, May 18, 2003, 6:00 PM GMT+9 (09:00 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 87 km NW 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-18 09:00:05 UTC
- Depth
- 113.8 km (70.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.376° N, 126.993° 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
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8101 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8529 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.7103 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8529 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2121 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8529 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6108 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8525 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8525 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.2122 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8493 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.356 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8490 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.564 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8483 days ago · 100 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.2135 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8480 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.387 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8478 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bxew. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:12 AM UTC.