Indonesia earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 215 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 215 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sat, Mar 16, 2024, 7:52 AM GMT+8 (23:52 UTC), 36 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
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-03-15 23:52:10 UTC
Depth
35.5 km (22.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
3.246° N, 126.801° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
85°
Stations used
79

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5211 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 924 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.6230 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 918 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.7159 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 915 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 4.3187 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 907 days ago · 56 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 4.3246 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 905 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 6.4150 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 905 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
  7. 4.4149 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 905 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.2139 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 905 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.5143 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 905 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.1145 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 904 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 4.4139 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 903 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 4.6128 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 903 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 5.0237 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 903 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 4.5156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 901 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 4.4235 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 887 days ago · 56 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 4.4138 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 885 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 4.5240 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 932 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.4220 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 944 days ago · 76 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.4163 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 947 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mj6x. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC.