M4.3 earthquake 53 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 53 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia on Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 8:15 AM GMT+9 (23:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 78 km NNE 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-10 23:15:29 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.805° N, 127.534° 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 15.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 since this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.041 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia · 50 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.429 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7121 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3113 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 28 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.678 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16 days ago · 162 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.595 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 54 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.364 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 56 days ago · 124 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 4.310 km SSE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 60 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.073 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 72 days ago · 104 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 4.356 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 77 days ago · 139 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.861 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 78 days ago · 171 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4134 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 80 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tkp2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:12 AM UTC.