Indonesia earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 68 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 68 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sat, Jul 4, 2026, 6:02 PM GMT+9 (09:02 UTC), 125 km (78 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 64 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2026-07-04 09:02:14 UTC
Depth
124.8 km (77.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
1.795° N, 127.399° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
101°
Stations used
66

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.172 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 85 days ago · 163 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 4.766 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 85 days ago · 121 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 4.5148 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 83 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.4134 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 81 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.861 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 78 days ago · 171 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.356 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 77 days ago · 139 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 5.073 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 73 days ago · 104 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.310 km SSE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 61 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 5.364 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 56 days ago · 124 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.595 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 55 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 4.353 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 51 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 4.429 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 115 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 4.7121 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 4.3113 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 29 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 4.756 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 90 days ago · 126 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.678 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 90 days ago · 84 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.651 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 90 days ago · 160 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 6.261 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 90 days ago · 107 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 7
  5. 4.872 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 101 days ago · 121 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.749 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 101 days ago · 164 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.371 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 103 days ago · 119 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ta34. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:25 AM UTC.