M4.4 earthquake 156 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 156 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia on Fri, Jan 10, 2025, 11:43 AM GMT+8 (03:43 UTC), 91 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 209 km NW of Tobelo, 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
- 2025-01-10 03:43:27 UTC
- Depth
- 90.6 km (56.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.487° N, 126.077° 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 9.3 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 610 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5172 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 608 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.9159 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia · 584 days ago · 139 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.1209 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 584 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1210 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 584 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2138 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 581 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3167 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia · 581 days ago · 144 km deep · 51 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pj3r. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:16 PM UTC.