Indonesia earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 95 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 95 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, May 27, 2003, 7:32 PM GMT+9 (10:32 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, May 27, 2003, 7:32 PM GMT+9
UTC: 2003-05-27 10:32:04 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 1.883° N, 128.852° E
Region: Indonesia
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.3	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.28	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.3	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000by9p. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Nodal plane 1: Strike 192°, dip 22°, rake 86°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 17°, dip 68°, rake 92°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 68°
Stations used: 58

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000by9p (also filed as gcmtb052703f, gcmt20030527103204, iscgem6852101). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:21 AM UTC.