Indonesia earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 40 km N of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 40 km N of Ternate, Indonesia on Mon, Feb 3, 2025, 5:07 AM GMT+9 (20:07 UTC), 151 km (94 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 96 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-02-02 20:07:41 UTC
Depth
150.8 km (93.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
1.152° N, 127.449° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
94°
Stations used
43

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 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.596 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 605 days ago · 99 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.978 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 598 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.669 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 596 days ago · 122 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.268 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 595 days ago · 125 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.964 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 580 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.275 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 579 days ago · 168 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.477 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 578 days ago · 101 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.259 km N of Maba, Indonesia · 573 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 4.567 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 570 days ago · 115 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.695 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 569 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.455 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 553 days ago · 133 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 4.773 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 632 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pavc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC.