M4.7 earthquake 73 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 73 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia on Fri, Jan 10, 2025, 1:42 AM GMT+9 (16:42 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-09 16:42:14 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.673° N, 127.350° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 77
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 613 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.740 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 610 days ago · 151 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.596 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 607 days ago · 99 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 4.978 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 600 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.669 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 598 days ago · 122 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.268 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 597 days ago · 125 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3104 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 591 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.275 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 581 days ago · 168 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.477 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 580 days ago · 101 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.472 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 641 days ago · 117 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.580 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 649 days ago · 116 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.517 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 659 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.2127 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 660 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pixy. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC.