Indonesia earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 147 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 147 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Thu, Nov 27, 2025, 6:59 PM GMT+9 (09:59 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-11-27 09:59:14 UTC
Depth
57.6 km (35.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.744° N, 126.459° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
51°
Stations used
50

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.185 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 300 days ago · 114 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.7136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 296 days ago · 45 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.478 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 292 days ago · 122 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 5.1156 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 291 days ago · 54 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.493 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 289 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 5.072 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 287 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.090 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 285 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 5.5132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 284 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.3129 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 283 days ago · 52 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.6123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 276 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 4.4135 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 269 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 4.372 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 264 days ago · 118 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 5.0128 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 261 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 4.573 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 255 days ago · 136 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 4.475 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 254 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.498 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 253 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 4.6102 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 4.6162 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 310 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.8146 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 312 days ago · 49 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 5.186 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 315 days ago · 132 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.8140 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 316 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 4.5161 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 329 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 5.2120 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 331 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000re4b. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:45 PM UTC.