M4.1 earthquake 220 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 220 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 5:39 AM GMT+8 (21:39 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 200 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-10-15 21:39:49 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.352° N, 126.861° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 15
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
- 4.3228 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 337 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.5161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 333 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.3200 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 324 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2190 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 320 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4205 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 320 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2164 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 318 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4182 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 312 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.9200 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 312 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1191 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 311 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.4211 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 358 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5220 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 360 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.7195 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 363 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5254 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 376 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.8237 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 380 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5128 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 382 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4227 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 384 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rlqs. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:40 AM UTC.