M4.4 earthquake 138 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 138 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 7:40 AM GMT+9 (22:40 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 180 km NNW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-29 22:40:59 UTC
- Depth
- 43.3 km (26.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.650° N, 127.170° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 884 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2183 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 861 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.8161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 859 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2153 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 854 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.840 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 851 days ago · 233 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.497 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 841 days ago · 96 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.6180 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 838 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3146 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 832 days ago · 137 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.5156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 901 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 901 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.0161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 901 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.2157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 901 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6128 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 903 days ago · 64 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.4139 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 903 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.1145 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 904 days ago · 68 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5143 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 905 days ago · 57 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.2139 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 905 days ago · 58 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.4149 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 905 days ago · 62 km deep · 14 km away
- 6.4150 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 905 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
- 4.3187 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 907 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2140 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 909 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mv2n. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC.