Earthquake details

Sunday, July 24, 1988 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Sunday, July 24, 1988 at 23:41 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Tobelo (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 71.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 127.431 and latitude 1.451.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	156.3 km
Coordinates	1.451, 127.431
UTC time	1988-07-24 23:41:12.950

Location	Ternate
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1988-07-24

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Tobelo	71.4 km
Ternate	73.7 km
Sofifi	80.7 km
Bitung	256.3 km
Tondano	280.7 km
Manado	287.4 km
Sanana	422.8 km
Gorontalo	496.7 km
Sorong	499.1 km
Masohi	555.7 km
Amahai	558.4 km
Alabel	569.7 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.6 Ternate Indonesia · 2026-05-03 16:51 UTC	85.8 km
M 4.4 Ternate Indonesia · 2026-04-14 08:31 UTC	48.7 km
M 5.2 Ternate Indonesia · 2026-04-13 06:23 UTC	101.7 km
M 4.2 Ternate Indonesia · 2026-04-08 04:49 UTC	46.6 km
M 4.4 Ternate Indonesia · 2026-04-06 23:19 UTC	3.7 km
M 4.2 Ternate Indonesia · 2026-04-05 17:40 UTC	3.5 km
M 4.1 Ternate Indonesia · 2026-04-03 04:08 UTC	38.9 km
M 4.5 Ternate Indonesia · 2026-04-02 03:50 UTC	89.0 km

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