M4.4 earthquake 135 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 135 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Mar 2, 2004, 7:19 PM GMT+9 (10:19 UTC), 254 km (158 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 61 km ENE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-03-02 10:19:57 UTC
- Depth
- 254.3 km (158.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.731° N, 128.713° 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 usp000cnx0. 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.861 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8243 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.663 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8237 days ago · 150 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5173 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8235 days ago · 100 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.8119 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8232 days ago · 94 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.772 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8231 days ago · 185 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4159 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8212 days ago · 220 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.390 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8193 days ago · 269 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cnx0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:56 PM UTC.