Indonesia earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 163 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 163 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Feb 27, 2024, 12:47 PM GMT+9 (03:47 UTC), 35 km (22 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
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-02-27 03:47:30 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
2.829° N, 127.028° E
Region
Indonesia
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
109°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4220 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 945 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.5240 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 933 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.6215 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 931 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.4142 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 924 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.6162 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 920 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.8119 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 917 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.7159 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 917 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 4.2140 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 911 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 4.3187 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 908 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.3246 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 907 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 6.4150 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 906 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
  12. 4.4149 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 906 days ago · 62 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 4.2139 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 906 days ago · 58 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 4.5143 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 906 days ago · 57 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 4.1145 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 906 days ago · 68 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 4.4139 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 905 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 4.6128 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 904 days ago · 64 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 5.2157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 903 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 5.0161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 4.2152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 4.5156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away

Before

  1. 4.5206 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 963 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.1246 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 970 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.6146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 970 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 5.0135 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 972 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mg3v. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC.