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M4.3 earthquake 116 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 116 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia on Thu, May 6, 2004, 7:14 PM GMT+8 (11:14 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 149 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-05-06 11:14:11 UTC
Depth
65.0 km (40.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
0.962° N, 125.904° 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 usp000cu9m. 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
140°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3124 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8184 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.592 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8167 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.486 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8152 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.782 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8145 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.848 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8144 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 5.1149 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8142 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.3139 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8142 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.6136 km ESE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 8134 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 5.0141 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8133 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.3138 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8130 days ago · 184 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.7132 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8130 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 4.8137 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8130 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 4.4112 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8192 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.5129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 8192 days ago · 50 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 4.6142 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 8209 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.566 km SSE of Tondano, Indonesia · 8214 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cu9m. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC.