M4.6 earthquake 251 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 251 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sun, Dec 31, 2023, 7:19 PM GMT+9 (10:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 257 km NNE 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-12-31 10:19:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.990° N, 128.243° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9258 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1007 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.5252 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 1000 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1288 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 991 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.2257 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 952 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m0t7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:28 AM UTC.