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M4.6 earthquake 106 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 106 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Oct 7, 2003, 9:27 PM GMT+9 (12:27 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
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-10-07 12:27:59 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.375° N, 126.621° 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 usp000c9ut. 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
192°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.795 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8394 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.7104 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8383 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 4.749 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8383 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.424 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8377 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 5.8112 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8365 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.4133 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8365 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.7127 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8365 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.878 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.8143 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 4.2154 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 5.6130 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 4.8132 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 5.874 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8362 days ago · 134 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 6.2134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 4.6110 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 4.7142 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 4.4137 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 4.2139 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 4.6129 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8358 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 4.985 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8356 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 4.886 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8351 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 5.5118 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8350 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 4.5160 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8345 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 4.560 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8344 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 4.4133 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8399 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.5141 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8400 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.870 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8402 days ago · 131 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.8110 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8407 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.888 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8408 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.3131 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8414 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.875 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8419 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c9ut. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.