M4.4 earthquake 128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Aug 3, 2024, 8:49 AM GMT+9 (23:49 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 113 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-02 23:49:59 UTC
- Depth
- 30.9 km (19.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.020° N, 126.255° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.689 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 791 days ago · 115 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.591 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 790 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3112 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 774 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.1117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 770 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.3113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 770 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.398 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 769 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.1144 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 767 days ago · 34 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2155 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 766 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3126 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 752 days ago · 95 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.578 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 749 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.3135 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 803 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.0128 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 808 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2120 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 808 days ago · 50 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.3113 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 810 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 5.0131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 815 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000n8m2. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:53 AM UTC.