M4.3 earthquake 103 km E of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 103 km E of Bitung, Indonesia on Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 12:08 PM GMT+8 (04:08 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 33 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-10-08 04:08:01 UTC
- Depth
- 115.8 km (72.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.559° N, 126.048° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- 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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.358 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1080 days ago · 131 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 1073 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.633 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1066 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 4.668 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 1055 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.281 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1043 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 4.4126 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 1110 days ago · 53 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.0124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1115 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1101 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1118 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4111 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1119 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lf3u. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC.