Indonesia earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 131 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 131 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Thu, Sep 18, 2003, 7:53 PM GMT+9 (10:53 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-09-18 10:53:30 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.590° N, 126.511° 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 usp000c7x7. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
126°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.888 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8408 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.870 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8403 days ago · 131 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.5141 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8400 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.4133 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8399 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 5.3149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8397 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 4.6106 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8395 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.795 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8394 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.1162 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8373 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 5.8112 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8365 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 4.4133 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8365 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.7127 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8365 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 4.878 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 4.8143 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 4.2154 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 5.6130 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 4.8132 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 5.874 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8362 days ago · 134 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 6.2134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 4.6110 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 4.7142 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 4.4137 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 4.2139 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 4.6129 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8358 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 4.985 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8356 days ago · 100 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 4.875 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8419 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c7x7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:44 AM UTC.