Indonesia earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 78 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 78 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia on Wed, Feb 12, 2025, 3:53 PM GMT+9 (06:53 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-02-12 06:53:34 UTC
Depth
32.1 km (20.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.761° N, 127.304° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.669 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 597 days ago · 122 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.268 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 597 days ago · 125 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.3104 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 591 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.275 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 580 days ago · 168 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.477 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 580 days ago · 101 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 4.9122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 572 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.567 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 571 days ago · 115 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 4.695 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 571 days ago · 117 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.7112 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 562 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 4.455 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 555 days ago · 133 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 5.8149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 550 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.9150 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 550 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.395 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 542 days ago · 126 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 4.2117 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 542 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 4.360 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 542 days ago · 165 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 5.596 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 607 days ago · 99 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.740 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 609 days ago · 151 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.3146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 612 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pd2i. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:16 PM UTC.