M4.9 earthquake 101 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 101 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Sep 10, 2023, 7:21 PM GMT+9 (10:21 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 38 km NNE 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
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-10 10:21:01 UTC
- Depth
- 116.1 km (72.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.624° N, 127.009° 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, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 83
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.038 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia · 1120 days ago · 151 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 10
- 4.0101 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1117 days ago · 126 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.0124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1115 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4126 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 1111 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3158 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1098 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.171 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1083 days ago · 118 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 1074 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.9161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1074 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.5135 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1121 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.985 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1121 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.483 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1122 days ago · 122 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.098 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1127 days ago · 104 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.169 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1132 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2Molucca Sea · 1133 days ago · 107 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1134 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.397 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 1139 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6137 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1145 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kusu. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:41 AM UTC.