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M4.7 earthquake 132 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 132 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Jul 3, 2004, 2:46 AM GMT+9 (17:46 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 137 km WNW 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
2004-07-02 17:46:51 UTC
Depth
42.3 km (26.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.534° N, 126.455° 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 usp000cze3. 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
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
119°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8137 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8125 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 4.4131 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8106 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 4.2134 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8093 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.7148 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8089 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.7145 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8083 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.7101 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8080 days ago · 230 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 4.3138 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8126 days ago · 184 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.6136 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8130 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.559 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8134 days ago · 100 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.782 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8141 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.486 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8147 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.8141 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8148 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 5.273 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8148 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 4.7127 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8153 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cze3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:33 AM UTC.