Indonesia earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 127 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 127 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Fri, Nov 7, 2003, 1:19 AM GMT+9 (16:19 UTC), 10 km (6 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
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-11-06 16:19:52 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
2.121° N, 126.936° 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 usp000cc7n. 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
135°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.878 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.2154 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 5.6130 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.8132 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 5.874 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8362 days ago · 134 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 6.2134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.6110 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.7142 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.6129 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8358 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.985 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8356 days ago · 100 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.8137 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8352 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.7202 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8351 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.886 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8351 days ago · 100 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 4.441 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8349 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 4.5160 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8345 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 4.878 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8313 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.4133 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8365 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 5.8112 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8365 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.1162 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8372 days ago · 100 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 4.6156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8383 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cc7n. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC.