Indonesia earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 122 km W of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 122 km W of Ternate, Indonesia on Mon, Jun 30, 2003, 9:48 PM GMT+9 (12:48 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 149 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Mon, Jun 30, 2003, 9:48 PM GMT+9
UTC: 2003-06-30 12:48:39 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 0.938° N, 126.294° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Nodal plane 1: Strike 44°, dip 43°, rake 113°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 194°, dip 51°, rake 70°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 54°
Stations used: 103

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

4.785 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), IndonesiaMon, Jun 23, 12:18 PM GMT+8 · 8500 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c1az (also filed as gcmtb063003b, gcmt20030630124839, iscgem6949599). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:11 PM UTC.