Earthquake details

Tuesday, January 28, 2003 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Republic of Indonesia on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 at 14:04 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Luwuk (Republic of Indonesia - ID), about 88.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 122.033 and latitude -0.706.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-0.706, 122.033
UTC time	2003-01-28 14:04:58.740

Location	Luwuk
Country	Indonesia (ID)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2003-01-28

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Luwuk	88.3 km
Poso	161.9 km
Gorontalo	179.7 km
Palu	241.7 km
Masamba	279.8 km
Palopo	326.4 km
Rantepao	346.3 km
Kendari	368.1 km
Tondano	391.0 km
Manado	397.0 km
Bitung	419.3 km
Polewali	426.2 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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Indonesia · 2026-08-22 19:54 UTC

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M 5.2

Gorontalo

Indonesia · 2026-06-04 23:28 UTC

124.7 km

M 5.1

Gorontalo

Indonesia · 2026-01-21 22:44 UTC

90.7 km

M 5.9

Gorontalo

Indonesia · 2025-11-04 23:32 UTC

131.7 km

M 4.2

Gorontalo

Indonesia · 2025-10-18 23:35 UTC

117.1 km

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