M4.6 earthquake 125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia on Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 3:27 PM GMT+8 (07:27 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 149 km WNW 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-16 07:27:43 UTC
- Depth
- 69.1 km (42.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.437° N, 126.258° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.452 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 588 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 587 days ago · 54 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.9132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 583 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.2138 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 582 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 581 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.9122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 570 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.0131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 552 days ago · 57 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.8149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 548 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.9150 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 548 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0126 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 548 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0132 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 546 days ago · 47 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3106 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 543 days ago · 53 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.395 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 540 days ago · 126 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.176 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 534 days ago · 130 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 5.596 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 605 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 4.2102 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 609 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.3139 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 609 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.993 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 620 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pe2m. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:38 AM UTC.