M4.4 earthquake 73 km NNW of Labuha, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 73 km NNW of Labuha, Indonesia on Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 11:20 PM GMT+9 (14:20 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 106 km SW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-08 14:20:59 UTC
- Depth
- 129.2 km (80.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 0.007° N, 127.271° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1106 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 623 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5111 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 622 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.289 km W of Labuha, Indonesia · 583 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.964 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 580 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.174 km NNW of Labuha, Indonesia · 577 days ago · 130 km deep · 14 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000piky. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:27 AM UTC.