M4.5 earthquake 100 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 100 km SW of Ternate, Indonesia on Mon, Dec 29, 2025, 2:17 PM GMT+9 (05:17 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 89 km W 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-29 05:17:56 UTC
- Depth
- 111.2 km (69.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 0.211° N, 126.687° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4135 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 272 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3127 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 245 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 243 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.789 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 236 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 231 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rlb5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:24 AM UTC.