M4.6 earthquake 68 km ESE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 68 km ESE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, Jan 4, 2024, 11:00 AM GMT+9 (02:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 70 km E 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
- 2024-01-04 02:00:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.577° N, 128.607° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.654 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 997 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.970 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia · 980 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.475 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 980 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.399 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 978 days ago · 232 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.685 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 968 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.277 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 967 days ago · 236 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m3r7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC.