M4.6 earthquake 28 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 28 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia on Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 11:58 AM GMT+9 (02:58 UTC), 103 km (64 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-02-20 02:58:58 UTC
- Depth
- 103.3 km (64.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.706° N, 128.266° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.168 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 225 days ago · 132 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.466 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 214 days ago · 147 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.366 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia · 210 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.169 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 202 days ago · 208 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.256 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia · 196 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.474 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 195 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.670 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 175 days ago · 155 km deep · 68 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sabw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC.