M4.2 earthquake 232 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 232 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 7:00 AM GMT+8 (23:00 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 238 km NW 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
- 2024-10-23 23:00:32 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.511° N, 126.901° 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 9.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4211 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 695 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2250 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 675 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3204 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 675 days ago · 85 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2236 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 659 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6223 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 651 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.9238 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 649 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.3246 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 711 days ago · 49 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.7243 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 728 days ago · 53 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3214 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 737 days ago · 57 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.6228 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 737 days ago · 47 km deep · 4 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nrdc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:39 PM UTC.