M4.4 earthquake 89 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 89 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Thu, May 29, 2025, 4:55 AM GMT+9 (19:55 UTC), 59 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 108 km WNW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-28 19:55:31 UTC
- Depth
- 58.6 km (36.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.983° N, 126.606° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 40
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9119 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 487 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.589 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 477 days ago · 118 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.497 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 473 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1137 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 466 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.687 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 465 days ago · 125 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.270 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 460 days ago · 72 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1126 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 453 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.949 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 449 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.2108 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 446 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 7
- 4.5103 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 446 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.5156 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 445 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4121 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 441 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 4.379 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 495 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4135 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 510 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 514 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.790 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 515 days ago · 129 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qjuu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC.