M5.3 earthquake 113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Mon, Aug 26, 2024, 9:17 AM GMT+9 (00:17 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-26 00:17:04 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.096° N, 126.408° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 188
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.398 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 767 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1144 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 765 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2155 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 763 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3126 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 750 days ago · 95 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.578 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 747 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3132 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 718 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2133 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 715 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1135 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.384 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 712 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.546 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 711 days ago · 160 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 4.1117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 768 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.3112 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 772 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.591 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 788 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.689 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 789 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 791 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000n9en. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:58 AM UTC.