M4.4 earthquake 129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 11:07 AM GMT+9 (02:07 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 176 km ESE of Modisi, 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
- 2023-09-30 02:07:43 UTC
- Depth
- 42.8 km (26.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.566° N, 126.246° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 40
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0105 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1092 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6176 km ESE of Modisi, Indonesia · 1074 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4131 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1061 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.580 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1047 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1113 km WNW of Labuha, Indonesia · 1047 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lbuc. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:28 AM UTC.