M5.0 earthquake 124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 3:16 AM GMT+9 (18:16 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-15 18:16:01 UTC
- Depth
- 12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.131° N, 126.320° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 138
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4126 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 1111 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4129 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 1101 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3103 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 1093 days ago · 116 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 1074 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4131 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1061 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.1101 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1119 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4111 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1120 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.9101 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1121 days ago · 116 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.483 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1122 days ago · 122 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.169 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1132 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6137 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1145 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kw16. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:52 AM UTC.