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M4.1 earthquake 241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Wed, Mar 31, 2004, 4:47 AM GMT+8 (20:47 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-03-30 20:47:57 UTC
Depth
80.2 km (49.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
3.503° N, 126.744° 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 usp000cra9. 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
173°
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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1147 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 4.9241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8217 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.6216 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8214 days ago · 48 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.7217 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8211 days ago · 75 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.8239 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8200 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.2220 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8197 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 4.9237 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8188 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 4.3238 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8183 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 4.0181 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8176 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 4.7241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8173 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 4.3202 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8169 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 4.1202 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8220 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.5194 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8237 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 5.3204 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8238 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.7185 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8242 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.8194 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8245 days ago · 92 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.6192 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8248 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cra9. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC.