M5.8 earthquake 74 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 74 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Mon, Nov 10, 2003, 4:23 AM GMT+9 (19:23 UTC), 134 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (mwb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-11-09 19:23:28 UTC
- Depth
- 133.9 km (83.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.562° N, 127.358° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 2.1% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- -0.2 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 283°, dip 44°, rake -12°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 22°, dip 82°, rake -133°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 172
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.2134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6110 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8359 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.985 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8356 days ago · 100 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.886 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8350 days ago · 100 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.441 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8349 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.878 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8312 days ago · 97 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.698 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8301 days ago · 145 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 4.8132 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8363 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.6130 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8363 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2154 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8363 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.878 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.7127 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4133 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.8112 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.411 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8367 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.424 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8376 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ccfw (also filed as gcmtb110903e, gcmt20031109192328, iscgem7180163). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC.