M4.3 earthquake 156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sat, Apr 26, 2003, 12:30 AM GMT+9 (15:30 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 153 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-04-25 15:30:59 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.432° N, 126.788° 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
- 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7162 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8558 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5105 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8548 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2167 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8545 days ago · 100 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.7154 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8542 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.1116 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8538 days ago · 81 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.2153 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8526 days ago · 60 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.7142 km NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8521 days ago · 130 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bvy9. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:14 PM UTC.