M4.2 earthquake 136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Mon, Jan 13, 2025, 9:33 AM GMT+9 (00:33 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 96 km NNW 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-13 00:33:53 UTC
- Depth
- 53.4 km (33.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.506° N, 126.381° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.993 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 619 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3139 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 609 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2102 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 608 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.596 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 605 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6125 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 593 days ago · 69 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.452 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 588 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 586 days ago · 54 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.9132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 583 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2138 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 581 days ago · 74 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 580 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.9122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 570 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.695 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 569 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.5125 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 630 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3122 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 630 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.265 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 637 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5160 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 644 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.8118 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 644 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.2127 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 657 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pluc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:09 PM UTC.