M4.5 earthquake 111 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 111 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Jan 19, 2025, 8:20 PM GMT+9 (11:20 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 93 km W 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-19 11:20:29 UTC
- Depth
- 56.2 km (34.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.056° N, 126.705° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.993 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 620 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.289 km W of Labuha, Indonesia · 583 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.964 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 580 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.174 km NNW of Labuha, Indonesia · 576 days ago · 130 km deep · 51 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pl2z. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:07 AM UTC.