M4.3 earthquake 49 km N of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 49 km N of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, May 22, 2004, 4:28 AM GMT+9 (19:28 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 73 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-05-21 19:28:53 UTC
- Depth
- 115.0 km (71.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.239° N, 127.386° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 177°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.592 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8162 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.664 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8161 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.619 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 8152 days ago · 157 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.273 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8148 days ago · 92 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.782 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8141 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.559 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8133 days ago · 100 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cvtn. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC.