Indonesia earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 114 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 114 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Wed, Mar 31, 2004, 11:56 AM GMT+9 (02:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 161 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-03-31 02:56:24 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.518° N, 126.650° 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 usp000crb3. 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
190°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5126 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.471 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8198 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.7161 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8195 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.5129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8188 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.4112 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8188 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.590 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8177 days ago · 115 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 4.349 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 8168 days ago · 115 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.7146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8167 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.592 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8163 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 4.664 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8162 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 4.3110 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8222 days ago · 77 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 3.965 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8222 days ago · 218 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.3123 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8227 days ago · 173 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.7145 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8229 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.7136 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8232 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 5.5151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8235 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000crb3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:33 AM UTC.