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M4.7 earthquake 161 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 161 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Apr 24, 2004, 12:13 PM GMT+8 (04:13 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 127 km WNW of Tobelo, 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
2004-04-24 04:13:50 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.906° N, 126.453° 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 usp000ct8s. 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

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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
186°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4112 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8188 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.0157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8177 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.590 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8177 days ago · 115 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 3.9138 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8176 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.7146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8167 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.592 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8163 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.664 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8162 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 5.2127 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8158 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 4.7127 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8153 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 5.273 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8148 days ago · 92 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.8141 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8147 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 4.486 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8147 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.782 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8141 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 4.5126 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 4.0114 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.3110 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8221 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 3.965 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8222 days ago · 218 km deep · 100 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ct8s. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:26 AM UTC.