Indonesia earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 82 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 82 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 12:10 PM GMT+9 (03:10 UTC), 125 km (78 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-02-20 03:10:03 UTC
Depth
125.0 km (77.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
1.360° N, 126.899° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
123°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.181 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 953 days ago · 113 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 4.5132 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 952 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.6140 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 952 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.593 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 950 days ago · 128 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.070 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 949 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.375 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 941 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.9126 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 928 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.9123 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 928 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.279 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 922 days ago · 101 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 4.8119 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 917 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 4.4132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 913 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.6140 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 911 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 4.2140 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 911 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.4122 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 909 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 4.2124 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 908 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 5.2157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 4.6118 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 4.2129 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 5.0161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 4.2152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 4.288 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 901 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 4.3122 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 965 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.4124 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 965 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 4.285 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 967 days ago · 69 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 4.299 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 968 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.284 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 969 days ago · 126 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 4.435 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 973 days ago · 161 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 5.0157 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 976 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m14s. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:17 PM UTC.