M4.1 earthquake 167 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 167 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sun, Feb 2, 2003, 9:26 PM GMT+9 (12:26 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 152 km WNW 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-02-02 12:26:31 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.615° N, 126.789° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6242 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8626 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.7190 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8625 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6190 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8607 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3Pulau-Pulau Talaud, Indonesia · 8607 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8604 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1200 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8593 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.6152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8584 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1165 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8583 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.8204 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8647 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.3209 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8647 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6216 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8654 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.7240 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8654 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5155 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8658 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2161 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8658 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bpua. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC.