Indonesia earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 91 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 91 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 6:56 PM GMT+9 (09:56 UTC), 61 km (38 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
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-06 09:56:40 UTC
Depth
61.0 km (37.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
0.573° N, 126.594° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
46°
Stations used
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3112 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 772 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.1117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 768 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 5.3113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 768 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.398 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 767 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.3104 km NW of Labuha, Indonesia · 766 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.2155 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 763 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.3126 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 750 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.578 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 747 days ago · 68 km deep · 19 km away

Before

  1. 4.4128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 791 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 5.0128 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 806 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.2120 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 806 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 5.3113 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 808 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  5. 5.0131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 813 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nmvs. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:20 AM UTC.