Indonesia earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 82 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 82 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Thu, Jun 17, 2004, 7:24 PM GMT+9 (10:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 141 km WSW of Ternate, 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
2004-06-17 10:24:51 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.120° N, 126.719° 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 usp000cy3d. 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
70°
Stations used
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3139 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8138 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 4.559 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8134 days ago · 100 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.6136 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8130 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 5.0141 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8128 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.3138 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8126 days ago · 184 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.7132 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8126 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 4.8137 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8125 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 3.873 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8100 days ago · 94 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.2134 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8093 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.8141 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8148 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 5.273 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8148 days ago · 92 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.619 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 8152 days ago · 157 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.664 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8162 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 4.592 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8163 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 4.349 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 8168 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cy3d. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.