Indonesia earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 81 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 81 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 7:45 PM GMT+9 (10:45 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 115 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-08-18 10:45:19 UTC
Depth
62.5 km (38.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.356° N, 126.912° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
120°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6152 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 399 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.1131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 398 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.4105 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 397 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.396 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 393 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.7115 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 391 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.189 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 389 days ago · 142 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.6131 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 380 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 4.5136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 380 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 4.6157 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 365 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.144 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 363 days ago · 132 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.8115 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 363 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.6128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 362 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 4.598 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 356 days ago · 106 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 4.670 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 351 days ago · 127 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 5.0118 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 412 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 5.5109 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 412 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.6123 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 412 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 4.175 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 413 days ago · 155 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 5.0101 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 421 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.264 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 426 days ago · 137 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 4.1120 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 428 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 4.8130 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 435 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 5.8130 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 435 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  10. 4.6149 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 440 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 4.4121 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 441 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000r1v4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC.