M4.8 earthquake 187 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 187 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia on Tue, Dec 24, 2024, 6:42 PM GMT+8 (10:42 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-24 10:42:54 UTC
- Depth
- 70.6 km (43.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.612° N, 126.347° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5160 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 644 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4156 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia · 631 days ago · 91 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.0203 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 618 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 610 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5172 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 608 days ago · 50 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2232 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 605 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.9238 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 650 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2236 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 660 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3149 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 663 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4152 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia · 672 days ago · 173 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2250 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 675 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pffj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC.