M4.2 earthquake 81 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 81 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia on Sun, Nov 26, 2023, 4:32 PM GMT+8 (08:32 UTC), 12 km (7 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-26 08:32:45 UTC
- Depth
- 11.6 km (7.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.697° N, 125.816° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 12
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
- 5.0144 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1028 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5125 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1023 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5102 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1022 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.298 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1012 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6121 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1009 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7127 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 995 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.8130 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 990 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000levi. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:57 AM UTC.