M4.6 earthquake 123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia on Mon, Dec 29, 2025, 10:43 PM GMT+8 (14:43 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 128 km ESE 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-29 14:43:00 UTC
- Depth
- 39.2 km (24.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.951° N, 126.129° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4135 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 271 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.0128 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 260 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.475 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 253 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.6102 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3127 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 243 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 242 days ago · 65 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.789 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 235 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 232 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.284 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 232 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 230 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.3129 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 283 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.5132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 284 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 5.072 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 287 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 4.7136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 295 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rlcl. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC.