Indonesia earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 70 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 70 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 12:03 PM GMT+9 (03:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-04-22 03:03:11 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.214° N, 126.916° E
Region
Indonesia
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
81

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3151 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 886 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.3148 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 877 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.970 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 874 days ago · 81 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.0129 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 870 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.1105 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 862 days ago · 60 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 4.3116 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 860 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 5.0117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 860 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 4.5123 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 858 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.2122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 855 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 4.387 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 853 days ago · 121 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.490 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 848 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.4111 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 846 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 4.573 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 846 days ago · 151 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 4.4122 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 844 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 4.497 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 842 days ago · 96 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 4.3110 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 839 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 4.288 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 901 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.2129 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.6118 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 902 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.3136 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 903 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 4.2124 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 908 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.4122 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 909 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.6140 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 911 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.4132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 912 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 4.8119 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 917 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.279 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 922 days ago · 101 km deep · 83 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mdrp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:09 AM UTC.