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M4.8 earthquake 116 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 116 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, May 27, 2003, 10:09 PM GMT+9 (13:09 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 121 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-05-27 13:09:32 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
2.350° N, 128.851° E
Region
Indonesia
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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 usp000by9y. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.9148 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8530 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 4.7123 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8530 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.6134 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8530 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.7140 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8530 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 5.3121 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8529 days ago · 53 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 4.6108 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8528 days ago · 89 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 4.5150 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8528 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 4.9117 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8528 days ago · 66 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 4.7128 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8528 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 4.8112 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8528 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.999 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8526 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 4.668 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8526 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 5.0123 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8523 days ago · 50 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 4.557 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8516 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 4.786 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8516 days ago · 138 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 4.3158 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8513 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 4.7104 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8513 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 4.286 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8505 days ago · 150 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 4.8105 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8530 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 5.395 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8530 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 5.0109 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8531 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.7128 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8531 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.6125 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8531 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 7.0116 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8531 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 4.496 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8538 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000by9y. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:51 PM UTC.