M4.8 earthquake 152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, Mar 13, 2003, 7:32 PM GMT+9 (10:32 UTC), 80 km (49 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-03-13 10:32:31 UTC
- Depth
- 79.6 km (49.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.060° N, 126.676° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7149 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8599 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.773 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8598 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.6152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8582 days ago · 49 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.1165 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8581 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8559 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.7162 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8558 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5105 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8548 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2167 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8544 days ago · 100 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.7154 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8542 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bsjn. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:21 AM UTC.