M4.4 earthquake 111 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 111 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia on Mon, Sep 11, 2023, 5:33 PM GMT+8 (09:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-11 09:33:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.219° N, 126.108° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1101 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1119 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.0124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1115 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4126 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 1111 days ago · 53 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 1101 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3103 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 1093 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 1074 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.633 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1066 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kuzk. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:33 AM UTC.