M4.3 earthquake 126 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 126 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia on Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 10:00 AM GMT+8 (02:00 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 93 km WSW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-13 02:00:30 UTC
- Depth
- 94.9 km (59.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.167° N, 126.231° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 17
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.578 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 746 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3132 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 718 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2133 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 715 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1135 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 712 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.384 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 711 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.546 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 710 days ago · 160 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.285 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 699 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.693 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 699 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.389 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 695 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.693 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 690 days ago · 116 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.490 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 690 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 4.2155 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 763 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1144 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 765 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.398 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 767 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.3113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 768 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.1117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 768 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3112 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 771 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nyt4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC.