M5.4 earthquake 138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 138 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Wed, Nov 22, 1978, 9:07 AM GMT+9 (00:07 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-11-22 00:07:36 UTC
- Depth
- 50.0 km (31.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.590° N, 126.431° 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.
- Stations used
- 86
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.076 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 17446 days ago · 155 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6136 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 17440 days ago · 114 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.3141 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 17416 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000xjs (also filed as gcmt19781122000736, iscgem674268). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC.