M4.2 earthquake 194 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 194 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sun, Feb 8, 2004, 5:03 AM GMT+8 (21:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-02-07 21:03:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.002° N, 126.805° 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 usp000cknq. 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
- 146°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8235 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8270 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4241 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8256 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8222 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1147 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8222 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.9241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8220 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6216 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8218 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 4.1149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8283 days ago · 146 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5162 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8295 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8232 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8296 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.0170 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8297 days ago · 123 km deep · 88 km away
Earthquakes todayIndonesia earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cknq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC.