M4.6 earthquake 216 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 216 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Wed, Jan 22, 2003, 5:48 PM GMT+8 (09:48 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 209 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-01-22 09:48:43 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.083° N, 126.608° 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
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3209 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8647 days ago · 83 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.8204 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8646 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1167 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8642 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6242 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8626 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.7190 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8624 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6193 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8610 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6190 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8607 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3Pulau-Pulau Talaud, Indonesia · 8606 days ago · 67 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 4.7240 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8653 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5155 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8657 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2161 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8657 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4246 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8658 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.0138 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8673 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7245 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8683 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bnzn. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:12 AM UTC.