M4.7 earthquake 126 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 126 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 9:34 AM GMT+9 (00:34 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 132 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-10-28 00:34:03 UTC
- Depth
- 42.1 km (26.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.219° N, 126.328° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2120 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 332 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.076 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 332 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.8140 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 317 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.186 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 317 days ago · 132 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8146 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 313 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.8147 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 310 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.7136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 297 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.1156 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 293 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.072 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 289 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 5.5132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 286 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3129 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 285 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 4.3162 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 340 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.377 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 347 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.780 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 348 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.598 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 356 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 362 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6157 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 364 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rju1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC.