M4.5 earthquake 125 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 125 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia on Fri, Jan 10, 2025, 7:11 PM GMT+8 (11:11 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 93 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
- 2025-01-10 11:11:31 UTC
- Depth
- 47.4 km (29.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.941° N, 126.138° 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 2.8 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 40
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 629 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.993 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 620 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3139 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 610 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2102 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 609 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.6125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 594 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.452 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 589 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 587 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.9132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 584 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1100 km SE of Tondano, Indonesia · 583 days ago · 78 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2138 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 582 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 581 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.964 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 580 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.3122 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 631 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.265 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 638 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.8118 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 645 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.2127 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 658 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pllp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC.