M4.3 earthquake 101 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 101 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia on Fri, Jan 9, 2026, 5:45 PM GMT+9 (08:45 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 66 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-09 08:45:45 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.703° N, 128.918° 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 11.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.228 km SSE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 261 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3134 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 238 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4122 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 229 days ago · 233 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.628 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia · 225 days ago · 103 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.366 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia · 210 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s506. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:29 PM UTC.