M4.4 earthquake 131 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 131 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Thu, Nov 9, 2023, 9:08 PM GMT+9 (12:08 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 80 km WSW 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
- 2023-11-09 12:08:11 UTC
- Depth
- 47.8 km (29.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.237° N, 126.337° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.580 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1047 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1113 km WNW of Labuha, Indonesia · 1047 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4114 km E of Modisi, Indonesia · 1031 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2149 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1029 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5102 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1024 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.436 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1014 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lnd6. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:24 AM UTC.