M4.5 earthquake 103 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 103 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Jan 20, 2024, 3:03 PM GMT+9 (06:03 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 123 km WNW 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
- 2024-01-20 06:03:04 UTC
- Depth
- 54.3 km (33.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.487° N, 126.509° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.299 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 968 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3122 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 964 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2162 km ESE of Modisi, Indonesia · 960 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3139 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 949 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.375 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 941 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.9123 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 927 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 4.5118 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 989 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.8130 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 990 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7127 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 994 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6121 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1009 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.436 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 1012 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m4xs. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC.