M4.6 earthquake 44 km S of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 44 km S of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, May 2, 2024, 12:40 PM GMT+9 (03:40 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 40 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-05-02 03:40:35 UTC
- Depth
- 109.2 km (67.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.330° N, 128.064° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.840 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 853 days ago · 233 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.573 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 847 days ago · 151 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.550 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 841 days ago · 169 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.754 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 831 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.179 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 826 days ago · 116 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mvls. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:31 AM UTC.