M4.7 earthquake 127 km E of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 127 km E of Bitung, Indonesia on Fri, Jan 12, 2024, 5:31 PM GMT+8 (09:31 UTC), 75 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 157 km NW 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-12 09:31:32 UTC
- Depth
- 74.7 km (46.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.253° N, 126.258° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8130 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 990 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.5118 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 988 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5103 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 986 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.0157 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 976 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.284 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 969 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.299 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 968 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.285 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 967 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4124 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 964 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3122 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 964 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.382 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 955 days ago · 125 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.5132 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 952 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.6140 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 952 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3139 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 949 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.375 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 941 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.6121 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1009 days ago · 48 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.298 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1011 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5102 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 1021 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5125 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1022 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m39e. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC.