M4.4 earthquake 140 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 140 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia on Mon, Apr 21, 2025, 10:44 AM GMT+9 (01:44 UTC), 38 km (24 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-04-21 01:44:25 UTC
- Depth
- 38.2 km (23.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.244° N, 126.244° 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, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 44
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.353 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia · 531 days ago · 136 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 515 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.489 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 494 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.361 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 535 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.2145 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia · 539 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3174 km WNW of Labuha, Indonesia · 543 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0126 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 549 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pxr2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:31 PM UTC.