M4.5 earthquake 160 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 160 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia on Sat, Dec 28, 2024, 1:30 AM GMT+8 (17:30 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 96 km NNW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-27 17:30:08 UTC
- Depth
- 57.5 km (35.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.041° N, 126.445° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 76
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4156 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia · 633 days ago · 91 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 630 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 612 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3139 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 612 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2102 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 611 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5172 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 610 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.596 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 607 days ago · 99 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 596 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3104 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 591 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 589 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.8118 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 647 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.8187 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia · 650 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.2127 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 660 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3149 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 665 days ago · 57 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.0125 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 666 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6121 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 666 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4130 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 670 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pfyc. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:58 AM UTC.