Indonesia earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 126 km W of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 126 km W of Ternate, Indonesia on Thu, Apr 3, 2025, 12:56 PM GMT+9 (03:56 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 145 km WSW of Ternate, 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
2025-04-03 03:56:56 UTC
Depth
47.8 km (29.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
0.603° N, 126.261° E
Region
Indonesia
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.0 km horizontally, 11.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
92°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3106 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 543 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.3174 km WNW of Labuha, Indonesia · 542 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 5.2145 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 537 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.361 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 533 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 4.3114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 530 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.4140 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 530 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 4.353 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 530 days ago · 136 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.5109 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 523 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.6123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 514 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 4.4135 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 510 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 4.489 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 493 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 4.0131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 552 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q5yd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:21 AM UTC.