Indonesia earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 70 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 70 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Feb 27, 2024, 9:08 AM GMT+9 (00:08 UTC), 92 km (57 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.4 150 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-02-27 00:08:27 UTC
Depth
91.5 km (56.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
2.018° N, 127.450° 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 13.1 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4142 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 926 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.279 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 924 days ago · 101 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.6162 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 922 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.8119 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 919 days ago · 105 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.7159 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 919 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.2140 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 913 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 6.4150 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 908 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
  8. 4.4149 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 908 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.2139 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 908 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.5143 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 908 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.1145 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 908 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 4.4139 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 907 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 4.6128 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 906 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 5.2157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 905 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 5.0161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 904 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 4.2152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 904 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 4.5156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 904 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.593 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 952 days ago · 128 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.181 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 955 days ago · 113 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.382 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 958 days ago · 125 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.285 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 969 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.284 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 971 days ago · 126 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.6146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 973 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 5.0135 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 974 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mg3t. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:42 PM UTC.