Indonesia earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 112 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 112 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 7:37 PM GMT+9 (10:37 UTC), 99 km (62 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
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-03-21 10:37:16 UTC
Depth
99.4 km (61.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
2.264° N, 127.145° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
70°
Stations used
104

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.455 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 554 days ago · 133 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 5.8149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 549 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.9150 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 549 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.9174 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 546 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 4.395 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 541 days ago · 126 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.2117 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 541 days ago · 97 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.360 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 540 days ago · 165 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.176 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 535 days ago · 130 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.1191 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 533 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.2165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 524 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 4.8128 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 521 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 4.5149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 517 days ago · 55 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 4.790 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 516 days ago · 129 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 5.0153 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 509 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 4.695 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 570 days ago · 117 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 4.567 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 570 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.9122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 571 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 4.6188 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 574 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.477 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 578 days ago · 101 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.275 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 579 days ago · 168 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 5.1209 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 585 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.3104 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 590 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000plkl. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:27 PM UTC.