M4.0 earthquake 125 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 125 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Jul 6, 2004, 8:23 AM GMT+9 (23:23 UTC), 285 km (177 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 177 km NNW 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-07-05 23:23:58 UTC
- Depth
- 285.0 km (177.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.832° N, 128.260° 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 usp000czms. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 196°, 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4119 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8118 days ago · 230 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.6128 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8115 days ago · 290 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.4121 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8110 days ago · 136 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3114 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8087 days ago · 230 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1124 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8085 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6177 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8067 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.3146 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8123 days ago · 248 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.264 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8133 days ago · 150 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6120 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8134 days ago · 85 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.1173 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8140 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.392 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8146 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000czms. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC.