M4.2 earthquake 155 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 155 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 4:19 AM GMT+9 (19:19 UTC), 44 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 78 km WSW 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-30 19:19:00 UTC
- Depth
- 44.3 km (27.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.301° N, 126.071° 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, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3126 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 752 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.578 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 748 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2133 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 717 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1123 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 709 days ago · 66 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 4.3104 km NW of Labuha, Indonesia · 767 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.398 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 769 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.3113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 770 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 770 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3112 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 773 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.591 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 789 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 793 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ngea. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC.