Indonesia earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 126 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 126 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Oct 19, 2003, 3:37 PM GMT+9 (06:37 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 118 km WNW 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
2003-10-19 06:37:10 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
0.499° N, 126.284° 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 usp000cas2. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

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
145°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7104 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8383 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 4.749 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8383 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.8139 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8382 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.3106 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8363 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.2139 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 4.8119 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 5.5118 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8350 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 4.5144 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8348 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.560 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8344 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 4.479 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8336 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 6.4147 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8383 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.6122 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8384 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.795 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8394 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.4133 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8399 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 4.8110 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8407 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 4.7137 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8407 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 5.4124 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8407 days ago · 50 km deep · 2 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cas2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC.