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M7.4 earthquake 129 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck 129 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia on Thu, Apr 2, 2026, 6:48 AM GMT+8 (22:48 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 7.4 (mww), major
Local time: Thu, Apr 2, 2026, 6:48 AM GMT+8
UTC: 2026-04-01 22:48:13 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 1.093° N, 126.235° E
Region: Indonesia
Felt reports: 60
Strongest shaking: VIII, severe shaking
PAGER alert: Green
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 10990), matched to this event by time and place.

Deaths: 1
Injuries: Few (about 1 to 50)
Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

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Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VIII, severe shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 65.4% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 48.4 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

60 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IX, violent shaking.

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level: Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected

Deaths: estimated chance of each range
Range	Chance
Under 1	90%
1 to 10	9%
10 to 100	Under 1%
100 to 1,000	Under 1%
1,000 to 10,000	Under 1%
10,000 to 100,000	Under 1%
100,000 to 10,000,000	Under 1%

Economic losses: estimated chance of each range
Range, million USD	Chance
Under 1	90%
1 to 10	9%
10 to 100	Under 1%
100 to 1,000	Under 1%
1,000 to 10,000	Under 1%
10,000 to 100,000	Under 1%
100,000 to 10,000,000	Under 1%

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude: 7.4 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 9°, dip 37°, rake 69°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 214°, dip 56°, rake 105°
Landslide alert: Green
Liquefaction alert: Green

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 3.6 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
Station coverage gap: 17°
Stations used: 272

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 4.4 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

4.786 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Mar 7, 7:57 PM GMT+8 · 207 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000slss (also filed as pt26091003, usauto6000slss). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:21 PM UTC.