Indonesia earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 170 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 170 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Fri, Jan 16, 2004, 8:10 AM GMT+9 (23:10 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-01-15 23:10:57 UTC
Depth
122.5 km (76.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
2.244° N, 126.566° 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 usp000chyr. 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
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
176°
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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5162 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8294 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.6135 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8285 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.1149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8282 days ago · 146 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.2194 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8273 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.692 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8266 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.7144 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8261 days ago · 136 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.590 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8246 days ago · 102 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 5.5151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8237 days ago · 59 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 4.698 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8304 days ago · 145 km deep · 75 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000chyr. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC.