M4.1 earthquake 147 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 147 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Wed, Mar 31, 2004, 8:34 AM GMT+9 (23:34 UTC), 15 km (9 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-03-30 23:34:56 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.777° N, 127.192° 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 usp000crap. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 160°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.375 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.9241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8217 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6216 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8215 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7217 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8211 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.9237 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8188 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3238 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8183 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8177 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.0181 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8176 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.9138 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8176 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.7241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8174 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.7146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8167 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6148 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8160 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.1241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8220 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.772 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8229 days ago · 185 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.5151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8235 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.590 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8244 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000crap. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:33 AM UTC.