M4.5 earthquake 126 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 126 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Wed, Mar 31, 2004, 7:43 PM GMT+9 (10:43 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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-03-31 10:43:14 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.421° N, 126.441° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7161 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8195 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8188 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4112 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8188 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3116 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8183 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.590 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8176 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.592 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8162 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.664 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8161 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 4.0114 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3110 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8221 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.965 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8222 days ago · 218 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3123 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8227 days ago · 173 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7145 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8229 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.7136 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8232 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.5151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8235 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000crbx. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC.