M4.4 earthquake 71 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 71 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia on Wed, Apr 21, 2004, 6:32 PM GMT+9 (09:32 UTC), 110 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 127 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-04-21 09:32:26 UTC
- Depth
- 110.4 km (68.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.695° N, 127.371° 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
- 157°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.590 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8176 days ago · 115 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.9138 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8175 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.349 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 8167 days ago · 115 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8166 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.664 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8161 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.2127 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8158 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.619 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 8152 days ago · 157 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.273 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8148 days ago · 92 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.8141 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8147 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.782 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8141 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.375 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.0114 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3110 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8221 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.965 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8222 days ago · 218 km deep · 48 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ct1j. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:19 PM UTC.