Indonesia earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 75 km S of Labuan, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 75 km S of Labuan, Indonesia on Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 11:48 AM GMT+7 (04:48 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 82 km SW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-26 04:48:23 UTC
Depth
36.7 km (22.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
7.060° S, 105.782° E
Region
Indonesia
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.6 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
123°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.778 km S of Labuan, Indonesia · 3172 days ago · 41 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.468 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia · 3169 days ago · 98 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.465 km W of Labuan, Indonesia · 3169 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 4.182 km S of Labuan, Indonesia · 3164 days ago · 50 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 4.8101 km SW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia · 3151 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.4125 km SW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia · 3151 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.158 km W of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia · 3150 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 4.430 km SSW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia · 3149 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 4.284 km SW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia · 3141 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 5.082 km SW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia · 3120 days ago · 49 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 4.582 km S of Labuan, Indonesia · 3174 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.285 km WSW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia · 3175 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 5.966 km W of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia · 3175 days ago · 48 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 428

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cplz. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC.