M4.4 earthquake 45 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 45 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia on Fri, Sep 12, 2003, 5:16 AM GMT+9 (20:16 UTC), 200 km (124 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 74 km WSW 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-09-11 20:16:59 UTC
- Depth
- 200.0 km (124.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.143° N, 128.001° 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
- 162°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.875 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8419 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.158 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8411 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.870 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8402 days ago · 131 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.531 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8396 days ago · 100 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.8103 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8385 days ago · 300 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.459 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8368 days ago · 116 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.411 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8367 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.878 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.874 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8361 days ago · 134 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c79k. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC.