M4.3 earthquake 75 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 75 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Wed, Mar 6, 2024, 1:52 AM GMT+9 (16:52 UTC), 31 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 123 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-05 16:52:18 UTC
- Depth
- 31.4 km (19.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.547° N, 126.749° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 19
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
- 4.9123 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 928 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4122 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 910 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3136 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 904 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.6118 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 903 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.288 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 65 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.870 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 894 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3131 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 889 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.375 km NNW of Labuha, Indonesia · 883 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.3139 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 949 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.382 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 956 days ago · 125 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3122 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 965 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.285 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 967 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.299 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 968 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m47m. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:43 AM UTC.