M4.4 earthquake 173 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 173 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Wed, Dec 20, 2023, 1:09 AM GMT+9 (16:09 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 203 km NW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-12-19 16:09:15 UTC
- Depth
- 34.6 km (21.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.174° N, 127.395° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5203 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1018 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4231 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 975 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1246 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 970 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5206 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 963 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.2210 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1018 days ago · 79 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6219 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1031 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5240 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1033 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.8237 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1033 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3235 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1034 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m16v. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:12 PM UTC.