M4.6 earthquake 123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia on Wed, May 7, 2025, 10:44 PM GMT+8 (14:44 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 119 km E of Bitung, 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
- 2025-05-07 14:44:29 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.846° N, 126.063° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 38°
- Stations used
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4135 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 510 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.489 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 493 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.9119 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 488 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.497 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 474 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.270 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 461 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 4.5109 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 524 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4140 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 531 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 531 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.361 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 534 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.2145 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 538 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3106 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 544 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pxq4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:32 PM UTC.