M4.5 earthquake 31 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 31 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Mon, Oct 6, 2003, 2:51 AM GMT+9 (17:51 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 78 km W 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-10-05 17:51:59 UTC
- Depth
- 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.945° N, 128.196° 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 usp000c9pv. 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 167°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.8103 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8385 days ago · 300 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.459 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8369 days ago · 116 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.411 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8368 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.878 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.843 km SE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8350 days ago · 78 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.441 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8349 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c9pv. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:36 AM UTC.