M4.3 earthquake 75 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 75 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Wed, Mar 31, 2004, 12:05 PM GMT+9 (03:05 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 146 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-03-31 03:05:07 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.096° N, 127.435° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 192°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.471 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8198 days ago · 110 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.0157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8177 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.590 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8177 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.9138 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8176 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.349 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 8167 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.7146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8167 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.664 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8161 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.1147 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3110 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8221 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.965 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8222 days ago · 218 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.772 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8229 days ago · 185 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.5151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8235 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.663 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8235 days ago · 150 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.590 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8244 days ago · 102 km deep · 27 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000crb4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:35 AM UTC.