M4.4 earthquake 75 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 75 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia on Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 4:37 AM GMT+8 (20:37 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 86 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
- 2026-01-20 20:37:58 UTC
- Depth
- 50.9 km (31.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.586° N, 125.792° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6102 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 233 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.284 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 233 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 230 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2140 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia · 215 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.786 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 208 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2144 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 207 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3108 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 199 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s6mh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:31 AM UTC.