M4.5 earthquake 123 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 123 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia on Fri, Feb 20, 2004, 1:07 PM GMT+9 (04:07 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 119 km NE 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-02-20 04:07:33 UTC
- Depth
- 111.4 km (69.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.846° N, 128.053° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 21
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4135 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8248 days ago · 254 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.590 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8244 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.663 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8235 days ago · 150 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5173 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8233 days ago · 100 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.8119 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8230 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.772 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8229 days ago · 185 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1147 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4159 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8211 days ago · 220 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cmn1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC.