M4.4 earthquake 65 km S of Modisi, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 65 km S of Modisi, Indonesia on Sat, Apr 6, 2024, 8:37 AM GMT+8 (00:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 81 km ESE of Gorontalo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-06 00:37:22 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.137° S, 124.516° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.360 km SSW of Modisi, Indonesia · 893 days ago · 86 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.574 km WSW of Modisi, Indonesia · 883 days ago · 204 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.081 km ESE of Gorontalo, Indonesia · 865 days ago · 128 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mc7a. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC.