M4.5 earthquake 59 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 59 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 11:37 PM GMT+9 (14:37 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 137 km WNW 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
- 2004-06-24 14:37:41 UTC
- Depth
- 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.168° N, 127.009° 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
- 129°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6136 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8130 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.7132 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8125 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.8137 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8125 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.873 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8099 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2134 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8092 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.343 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8088 days ago · 157 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7101 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8079 days ago · 230 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.359 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8077 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.344 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8075 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 4.782 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8141 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.8141 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8147 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.273 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8148 days ago · 92 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.619 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 8152 days ago · 157 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.2127 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8158 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.664 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8161 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.592 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8163 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cyny. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:32 AM UTC.