M4.5 earthquake 224 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 224 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 12:27 AM GMT+8 (16:27 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 181 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-04-26 16:27:41 UTC
- Depth
- 50.4 km (31.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.348° N, 126.787° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8181 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia · 520 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.8128 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 520 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6237 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 516 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2191 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 491 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4180 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 484 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3180 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 483 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5244 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 471 days ago · 50 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 4.1191 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 532 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3246 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 536 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4205 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 539 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4231 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 540 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.0209 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 541 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.8210 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 541 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.6213 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 544 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.9174 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 545 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1220 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 552 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pyvc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:04 PM UTC.