M4.5 earthquake 22 km NNW of Ranau, Malaysia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 22 km NNW of Ranau, Malaysia on Tue, Jun 23, 2015, 5:32 PM GMT+8 (09:32 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 41 km NNE of Ranau, Malaysia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-23 09:32:30 UTC
- Depth
- 15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.128° N, 116.554° E
- Region
- Malaysia
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Kota Kinabalu. Also felt at Donggohgon.
From the USGS event page for us10002l8v. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 12.6 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 5.327 km N of Ranau, Malaysia · 4129 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 81
- 4.421 km N of Ranau, Malaysia · 4129 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.6Sabah, Malaysia · 4136 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 8
- 4.421 km NNE of Ranau, Malaysia · 4136 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
- 6.014 km WNW of Ranau, Malaysia · 4137 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 111
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002l8v. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC.