M4.2 earthquake 69 km ESE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 69 km ESE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 1:52 PM GMT+9 (04:52 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 91 km NE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-17 04:52:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.482° N, 128.587° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 172°
- Stations used
- 17
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mtq5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC.