M4.8 earthquake 131 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 131 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia on Sat, Apr 14, 2018, 3:56 PM GMT+7 (08:56 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 101 km W of Labuan, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-14 08:56:54 UTC
- Depth
- 45.8 km (28.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.978° S, 104.805° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.2 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 75
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.969 km W of Labuan, Indonesia · 3094 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4136 km SW of Labuan, Indonesia · 3092 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3210 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia · 3090 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.3101 km W of Labuan, Indonesia · 3069 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 4.3201 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia · 3040 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000e057. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:06 PM UTC.