M4.9 earthquake 258 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 258 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia on Mon, Jan 1, 2024, 12:23 AM GMT+9 (15:23 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
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-12-31 15:23:14 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 4.042° N, 128.338° 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 8.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1288 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 993 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.2257 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 954 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m0u9. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:47 AM UTC.