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M6.0 earthquake 91 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 91 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia on Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 11:48 AM GMT+9 (02:48 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.0 (Mww, W-phase moment), strong
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 11:48 AM GMT+9
UTC: 2023-11-22 02:48:51 UTC
Depth: 102.0 km (63.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 1.783° N, 127.189° E
Region: Indonesia
Felt reports: 3
Strongest shaking: V, moderate shaking
PAGER alert: Green
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
6.0	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.046 · 46 stations
5.9	Mi	NOAA National Tsunami Warning Center	First automatic solution · Reviewed · 4 stations
6.1	Mi	NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center	First automatic solution · Reviewed · 5 stations
6.0	Mwb, body-wave moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Moment tensor · Reviewed
6.0	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS, automatic first solution	First automatic solution · Confirmed

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

One person killed on Ternate.

From the USGS event page for us6000lpyx. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: V, moderate shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 4.5% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 1.7 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level: Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected

Deaths: estimated chance of each range
Range	Chance
Under 1	65%
1 to 10	30%
10 to 100	4%
100 to 1,000	Under 1%
1,000 to 10,000	Under 1%
10,000 to 100,000	Under 1%
100,000 to 10,000,000	Under 1%

Economic losses: estimated chance of each range
Range, million USD	Chance
Under 1	65%
1 to 10	30%
10 to 100	4%
100 to 1,000	Under 1%
1,000 to 10,000	Under 1%
10,000 to 100,000	Under 1%
100,000 to 10,000,000	Under 1%

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Moment magnitude: 6.0 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 323°, dip 57°, rake 10°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 227°, dip 82°, rake 147°
Landslide alert: Green
Liquefaction alert: Green

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 7.5 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
Station coverage gap: 23°
Stations used: 132

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.0 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

4.9161 km WNW of Tobelo, IndonesiaFri, Oct 27, 7:05 PM GMT+9 · 1072 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lpyx (also filed as usauto6000lpyx, pt23326000, at00s4i7ti). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:22 AM UTC.