M4.8 earthquake 118 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 118 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia on Fri, Dec 27, 2024, 9:29 PM GMT+8 (13:29 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 93 km W 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-27 13:29:58 UTC
- Depth
- 48.4 km (30.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.229° N, 126.171° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5160 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 646 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.265 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 639 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3122 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 632 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.5125 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 632 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 630 days ago · 53 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.993 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 621 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3139 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 611 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2102 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 610 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.6125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 595 days ago · 69 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.452 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 590 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 588 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 5.2127 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 659 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3149 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 665 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.0125 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 666 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6121 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 666 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4130 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 669 days ago · 47 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.5130 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 671 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pfwt. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC.