M4.4 earthquake 132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Wed, Apr 3, 2024, 12:09 PM GMT+9 (03:09 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 161 km WNW 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
- 2024-04-03 03:09:51 UTC
- Depth
- 54.2 km (33.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.364° N, 126.339° 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 8.4 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6140 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 911 days ago · 61 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4122 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 909 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.2124 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 908 days ago · 47 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.3136 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 904 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6118 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 52 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.2129 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.0161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.288 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 901 days ago · 65 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.870 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 893 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3131 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 888 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3151 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 886 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3148 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 878 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.970 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 874 days ago · 81 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0129 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 870 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1105 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 862 days ago · 60 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3116 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 860 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.0117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 860 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.5123 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 858 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5129 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 857 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 855 days ago · 64 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.387 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 853 days ago · 121 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mbfe. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:25 AM UTC.