M4.4 earthquake 21 km NNE of Ranau, Malaysia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 21 km NNE of Ranau, Malaysia on Fri, Jun 5, 2015, 11:13 PM GMT+8 (15:13 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 27 km N 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-05 15:13:35 UTC
- Depth
- 18.2 km (11.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.140° N, 116.723° E
- Region
- Malaysia
- 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 10.5 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Sabah, Malaysia · 4130 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 8
- 4.421 km N of Ranau, Malaysia · 4124 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
- 5.327 km N of Ranau, Malaysia · 4124 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 81
- 4.522 km NNW of Ranau, Malaysia · 4113 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
- 4.641 km NNE of Ranau, Malaysia · 4080 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 7
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002q0c. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC.