M4.6 earthquake 68 km E of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 68 km E of Bitung, Indonesia on Wed, Nov 15, 2023, 3:19 AM GMT+8 (19:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 144 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-14 19:19:55 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.386° N, 125.740° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.281 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1042 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.270 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia · 1035 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.0144 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1028 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5102 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1022 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.298 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1012 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.6121 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1009 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.7127 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 995 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.633 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1064 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 1072 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.165 km SSE of Tondano, Indonesia · 1078 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 4.358 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1079 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lp6b. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:34 AM UTC.