M4.5 earthquake 78 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 78 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 10:47 PM GMT+9 (13:47 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 140 km W 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-16 13:47:39 UTC
- Depth
- 68.1 km (42.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.499° N, 126.744° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2133 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 715 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.546 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 711 days ago · 160 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1123 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 708 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.129 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 704 days ago · 87 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.285 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 699 days ago · 49 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.693 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 699 days ago · 54 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.389 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 695 days ago · 56 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.490 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 691 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.2140 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 690 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4112 km WNW of Labuha, Indonesia · 688 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.761 km NW of Labuha, Indonesia · 688 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.679 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 687 days ago · 66 km deep · 3 km away
Before
- 4.3126 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 750 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2155 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 763 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3104 km NW of Labuha, Indonesia · 766 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.3113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 768 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 768 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3112 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 772 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ng9c. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:48 AM UTC.