M4.7 earthquake 49 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 49 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Mon, Oct 20, 2003, 2:24 AM GMT+9 (17:24 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.
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
- 2003-10-19 17:24:30 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.604° N, 126.984° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8139 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8381 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.424 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8376 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3106 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8362 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.8119 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8358 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.5118 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8350 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5144 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8348 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.560 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8343 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.7104 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8382 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6126 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8382 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 6.4147 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8383 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.795 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8394 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.6106 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8394 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.8110 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8407 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7137 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8407 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.4124 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8407 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000catd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC.