M4.5 earthquake 121 km E of Gorontalo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 121 km E of Gorontalo, Indonesia on Sat, Jan 10, 2004, 7:34 AM GMT+8 (23:34 UTC), 148 km (92 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 148 km S of Tondano, 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
- 2004-01-09 23:34:24 UTC
- Depth
- 148.2 km (92.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 0.371° N, 124.138° 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 usp000chhw. 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7148 km S of Tondano, Indonesia · 8304 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.375 km S of Tondano, Indonesia · 8282 days ago · 168 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.245 km ENE of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 8281 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.7151 km ESE of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 8272 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5154 km S of Tondano, Indonesia · 8260 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000chhw. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC.