M5.1 earthquake 173 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 173 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Fri, Jun 18, 2004, 2:33 PM GMT+9 (05:33 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-06-18 05:33:10 UTC
- Depth
- 50.0 km (31.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.224° N, 128.472° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.04 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.0 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
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 usp000cy5k. 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 348°, dip 40°, rake -90°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 168°, dip 50°, rake -90°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6120 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8134 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3146 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8124 days ago · 248 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.0125 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8123 days ago · 285 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4119 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8119 days ago · 230 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.6128 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8116 days ago · 290 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3114 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8088 days ago · 230 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1124 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8086 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cy5k (also filed as gcmtc061804b, gcmt20040618053310, iscgem7357841). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:08 PM UTC.