M4.4 earthquake 125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia on Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 11:02 AM GMT+8 (03:02 UTC), 57 km (35 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-10-27 03:02:03 UTC
- Depth
- 56.6 km (35.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.646° N, 126.234° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 38
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
- 4.9161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1072 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.633 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1064 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 4.668 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 1053 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.281 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1042 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.0144 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1028 days ago · 55 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5125 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1023 days ago · 49 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5102 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1022 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000l82s. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:42 AM UTC.