M4.4 earthquake 35 km N of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 35 km N of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Feb 3, 2024, 3:00 AM GMT+9 (18:00 UTC), 161 km (100 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 93 km W of Tobelo, 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
- 2024-02-02 18:00:51 UTC
- Depth
- 161.0 km (100.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.113° N, 127.406° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 46
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.284 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 969 days ago · 126 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.285 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 967 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.382 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 956 days ago · 125 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.347 km NE of Sofifi, Indonesia · 955 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.181 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 953 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.593 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 950 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.375 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 941 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.279 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 922 days ago · 101 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lwh8. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC.