M4.7 earthquake 224 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 224 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia on Mon, May 4, 2026, 11:37 AM GMT+8 (03:37 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 172 km WNW 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-05-04 03:37:08 UTC
- Depth
- 52.7 km (32.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.087° N, 126.507° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7191 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 115 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6187 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 115 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 103 days ago · 59 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.9172 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 100 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5246 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 98 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3223 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia · 93 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1155 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 93 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4219 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 92 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.8234 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia · 92 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.5244 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 150 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3220 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 157 days ago · 48 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.8244 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 164 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2245 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 168 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000si2c. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:40 AM UTC.