M4.6 earthquake 216 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 216 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Mon, Apr 5, 2004, 1:05 AM GMT+8 (17:05 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 237 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-04-04 17:05:21 UTC
- Depth
- 47.5 km (29.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.930° N, 126.472° 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
- 84°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7217 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8211 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.8239 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8200 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2220 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8197 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.9237 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8188 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 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 · 64 km away
- 4.0181 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8176 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.9138 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8176 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.7241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8173 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8167 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.9241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8217 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1147 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.9147 km NE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8225 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.5151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8235 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.3204 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8238 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000crpm. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:35 AM UTC.