M4.9 earthquake 93 km W of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 93 km W of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 8:16 PM GMT+9 (11:16 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-21 11:16:01 UTC
- Depth
- 42.5 km (26.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.865° N, 126.548° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 120
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3139 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 610 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2102 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 609 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 594 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 587 days ago · 54 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.9132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 584 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2138 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 582 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 581 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.964 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 580 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.9122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 571 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.5111 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 622 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.1106 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 623 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 628 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5125 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 631 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3122 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 631 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.8118 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 645 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000plem. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC.