M4.6 earthquake Sabah, Malaysia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in Sabah, Malaysia on Sat, Jun 6, 2015, 1:45 PM GMT+8 (05:45 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-06 05:45:15 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.142° N, 116.669° E
- Region
- Malaysia
- Felt reports
- 8
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 24.7% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.5 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
8 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 10.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.421 km N of Ranau, Malaysia · 4124 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.327 km N of Ranau, Malaysia · 4124 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 81
- 4.522 km NNW of Ranau, Malaysia · 4114 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
- 4.641 km NNE of Ranau, Malaysia · 4080 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 7
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002mif. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC.