M4.3 earthquake 93 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 93 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sun, Feb 2, 2003, 7:25 PM GMT+9 (10:25 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 Halmahera, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-02-02 10:25:55 UTC
- Depth
- 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.787° N, 127.169° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8129 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8623 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8618 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 6.4Halmahera, Indonesia · 8605 days ago · 94 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.8152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8602 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7149 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8599 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.773 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8598 days ago · 64 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.614 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8585 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.6152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8582 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1165 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8581 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bpty. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:15 AM UTC.