M4.3 earthquake 61 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 61 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Fri, Apr 18, 2025, 11:46 AM GMT+9 (02:46 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-04-18 02:46:05 UTC
- Depth
- 83.2 km (51.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 0.670° N, 126.845° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 531 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4140 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 530 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.353 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 530 days ago · 136 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5109 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 523 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 514 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.489 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 493 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 4.176 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 535 days ago · 130 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.2145 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 537 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.0126 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 548 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.0131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 552 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pwn7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.