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M4.6 earthquake 89 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 89 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Mon, Aug 5, 2024, 6:10 PM GMT+9 (09:10 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-05 09:10:33 UTC
Depth
115.3 km (71.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
1.456° N, 126.924° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
64°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.588 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 786 days ago · 125 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.579 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 782 days ago · 139 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 4.5157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 776 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.293 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 772 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.8103 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 772 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 4.4113 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 770 days ago · 99 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 4.377 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 769 days ago · 122 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.1117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 768 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 5.3113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 768 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 4.1144 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 765 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.2144 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 763 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 4.595 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 758 days ago · 123 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 4.3126 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 750 days ago · 95 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 4.4128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 791 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.583 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 799 days ago · 120 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.3135 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 801 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 4.933 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 802 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.131 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 806 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.537 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 806 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.433 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 806 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 5.131 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 806 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 5.035 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 806 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.2120 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 806 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 4.436 km SW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 806 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 5.3113 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 808 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.2158 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 809 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 5.0131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 813 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 4.531 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 817 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ni5g. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:16 AM UTC.