M4.4 earthquake 72 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 72 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, Jan 2, 2025, 10:25 PM GMT+9 (13:25 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 96 km NNW of Ternate, 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
- 2025-01-02 13:25:28 UTC
- Depth
- 117.3 km (72.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.762° N, 127.363° 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 10.3 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.773 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 632 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.3146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 611 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.740 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 608 days ago · 151 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.596 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 605 days ago · 99 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 4.978 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 598 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.669 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 596 days ago · 122 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.268 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 595 days ago · 125 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.3104 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 590 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.275 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 579 days ago · 168 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 4.580 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 647 days ago · 116 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.517 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 657 days ago · 124 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.2127 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 658 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3149 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 664 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6121 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 665 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.431 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia · 668 days ago · 187 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.196 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 668 days ago · 114 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ph3u. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC.