Indonesia earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 128 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 128 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia on Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 2:40 PM GMT+9 (05:40 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 127 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-10-28 05:40:29 UTC
Depth
108.2 km (67.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
1.835° N, 126.855° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
74°
Stations used
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.359 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 694 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.498 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 694 days ago · 79 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.693 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 693 days ago · 116 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.490 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 692 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.4144 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 691 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.3121 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 686 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.072 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 674 days ago · 128 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.196 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 670 days ago · 114 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 4.4130 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 669 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.6121 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 666 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 5.0125 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 666 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.3149 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 665 days ago · 57 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 5.2127 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 659 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.580 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 648 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 4.546 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 712 days ago · 160 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.1135 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 715 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.3132 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 720 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.995 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 725 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.7135 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 727 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.4120 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 728 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 5.2155 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 736 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nnkx. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC.