M4.3 earthquake 139 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 139 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Jun 20, 2004, 6:26 PM GMT+9 (09:26 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 141 km WSW 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-06-20 09:26:24 UTC
- Depth
- 60.0 km (37.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.455° N, 126.179° 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 usp000cyam. 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
- 145°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6136 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8130 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.0141 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8128 days ago · 60 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.3138 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8126 days ago · 184 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.873 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8100 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2134 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8093 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 5.1149 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8138 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.782 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8141 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.592 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8163 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.497 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8167 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cyam. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:32 AM UTC.