Indonesia earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Mar 30, 2025, 12:57 PM GMT+9 (03:57 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-03-30 03:57:49 UTC
Depth
56.5 km (35.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.428° N, 126.383° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
138°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.8149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 548 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.9150 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 548 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.0126 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 548 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.0132 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 545 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.3106 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 543 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.395 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 540 days ago · 126 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.176 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 534 days ago · 130 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.361 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 533 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.3114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 530 days ago · 72 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 4.2165 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 523 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 4.5109 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 522 days ago · 55 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.5149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 516 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 4.790 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 515 days ago · 129 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 4.6123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 513 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 4.4135 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 509 days ago · 48 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 5.0153 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 508 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 5.0153 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 497 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 4.379 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 494 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 4.1148 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 493 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 4.489 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 492 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 4.695 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 569 days ago · 117 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.9122 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 570 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.3124 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 581 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 4.2138 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 581 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q4xw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.