Indonesia earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 162 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 162 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, Oct 30, 2003, 9:10 AM GMT+9 (00:10 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-10-30 00:10:20 UTC
Depth
100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
2.334° N, 126.675° 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 usp000cbkf. 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
144°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.8112 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8365 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 4.4133 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8365 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.7127 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8365 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 4.878 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.2154 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 5.6130 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 4.8132 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 6.2134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.6110 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.985 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8356 days ago · 100 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.8137 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8352 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 4.7202 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8351 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 4.886 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8351 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 4.5160 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8345 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.6156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8383 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 5.3149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8397 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.5141 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8400 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cbkf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:44 AM UTC.