M4.5 earthquake 129 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 129 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia on Tue, May 28, 2024, 9:31 AM GMT+8 (01:31 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 113 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-05-28 01:31:35 UTC
- Depth
- 41.9 km (26.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.615° N, 125.955° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.760 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia · 852 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4128 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 851 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.5137 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 850 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.4111 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 846 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4122 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 844 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3110 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 840 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.0131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 812 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.3113 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 808 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2120 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 805 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.0128 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 805 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 4.5123 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 858 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.0117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 860 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3116 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 860 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1105 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 862 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4164 km ESE of Modisi, Indonesia · 866 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
Earthquakes todayIndonesia earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n1d8. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC.