M4.5 earthquake 93 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 93 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sat, Aug 16, 2003, 5:00 PM GMT+9 (08:00 UTC), 231 km (143 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 133 km NNE 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-16 08:00:17 UTC
- Depth
- 230.5 km (143.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.322° N, 128.609° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6133 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8434 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.445 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8420 days ago · 200 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5152 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8402 days ago · 200 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.531 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8396 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c52h. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC.