M4.5 earthquake 96 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 96 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Sep 2, 2025, 6:35 AM GMT+9 (21:35 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 115 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-09-01 21:35:18 UTC
- Depth
- 52.8 km (32.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.495° N, 126.568° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rcv1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.