Indonesia earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, May 25, 2024, 4:37 PM GMT+9 (07:37 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 113 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-05-25 07:37:17 UTC
Depth
12.0 km (7.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.129° N, 126.387° E
Region
Indonesia
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.2 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
80

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5123 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 859 days ago · 55 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.5129 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 858 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.2122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 856 days ago · 64 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 4.387 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 854 days ago · 121 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 4.4128 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 851 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 4.5137 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 851 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 4.4111 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 847 days ago · 42 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 4.573 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 847 days ago · 151 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 4.4122 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 845 days ago · 37 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 4.3110 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 840 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 4.678 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 833 days ago · 122 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.4107 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 832 days ago · 117 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 5.0131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 813 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 5.3113 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 808 days ago · 48 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.2120 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 806 days ago · 50 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 5.0128 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 806 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 4.3116 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 861 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 4.1105 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 863 days ago · 60 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.0129 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 871 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.970 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 875 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 4.3148 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 878 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.3151 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 887 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.3131 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 889 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n0x4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:37 AM UTC.