M4.2 earthquake 120 km E of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 120 km E of Bitung, Indonesia on Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 2:14 PM GMT+8 (06:14 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 113 km WNW 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-07-19 06:14:53 UTC
- Depth
- 49.8 km (31.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.313° N, 126.206° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0128 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 805 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3135 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 800 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 791 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.689 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 788 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.591 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 787 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3112 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 771 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 768 days ago · 36 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.3113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 768 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.398 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 767 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.1144 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 765 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3126 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 750 days ago · 95 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 5.3113 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 808 days ago · 48 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2158 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 809 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.0131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 812 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.4107 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 832 days ago · 117 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nh52. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:12 PM UTC.