M4.5 earthquake 90 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 90 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sat, Mar 6, 2004, 7:22 AM GMT+9 (22:22 UTC), 102 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 151 km WNW 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
- 2004-03-05 22:22:53 UTC
- Depth
- 102.4 km (63.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.335° N, 127.462° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 15
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
- 4.663 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8235 days ago · 150 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.5151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8235 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.772 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8229 days ago · 185 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1147 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.375 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.471 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8198 days ago · 110 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.5123 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8259 days ago · 111 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.468 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8261 days ago · 161 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.692 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8264 days ago · 75 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.546 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8272 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cp6e. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:22 PM UTC.