M4.2 earthquake 102 km E of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 102 km E of Bitung, Indonesia on Sat, Feb 1, 2025, 7:44 PM GMT+8 (11:44 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 132 km WNW 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
- 2025-02-01 11:44:11 UTC
- Depth
- 47.1 km (29.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.443° N, 126.051° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 594 days ago · 69 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.452 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 588 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 586 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.9132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 583 days ago · 46 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2138 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 581 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 581 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.9122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 570 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 552 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.3139 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 609 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.993 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 619 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 628 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.5125 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 630 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3122 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 630 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.265 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 637 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pc5q. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC.