M4.4 earthquake 81 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia

Magnitude

4.4 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Tue, May 5, 2026, 5:13 PM GMT+8

UTC

2026-05-05 09:13:59 UTC

Depth

35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

1.245° N, 125.837° E

Region

Indonesia

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 11.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.14

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

106°

Stations used

22

• Bitung, IndonesiaPopulation 225,134. Forecast82 kmESE
• Davao, PhilippinesPopulation 1,848,947. Forecast649 kmS

After

1. 4.4100 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaFri, May 8, 1:53 PM GMT+8 · 147 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
2. 4.4118 km WSW of Ternate, IndonesiaSun, May 10, 2:35 AM GMT+9 · 145 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
3. 4.5133 km WSW of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, May 11, 12:53 AM GMT+9 · 144 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
4. 4.4124 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, May 11, 12:56 PM GMT+9 · 144 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
5. 4.8123 km W of Ternate, IndonesiaThu, May 14, 11:59 AM GMT+9 · 141 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
6. 4.4115 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaSun, May 17, 6:07 AM GMT+8 · 138 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
7. 4.3126 km WSW of Ternate, IndonesiaSun, May 17, 10:24 AM GMT+9 · 138 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
8. 4.6131 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaWed, May 20, 8:48 PM GMT+8 · 134 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
9. 5.9115 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaFri, May 22, 9:05 AM GMT+8 · 133 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
10. 4.3128 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, May 23, 10:52 AM GMT+8 · 132 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
11. 4.9111 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSun, May 24, 11:33 PM GMT+8 · 130 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
12. 5.5113 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaTue, May 26, 4:39 AM GMT+8 · 129 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
13. 4.297 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaWed, May 27, 11:22 AM GMT+8 · 128 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
14. 5.0134 km SE of Bitung, IndonesiaWed, May 27, 2:24 PM GMT+8 · 127 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
15. 4.3122 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaThu, May 28, 4:33 PM GMT+8 · 126 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
16. 4.6127 km W of Ternate, IndonesiaFri, May 29, 7:04 PM GMT+9 · 125 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
17. 4.2136 km NW of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, Jun 1, 9:36 AM GMT+9 · 123 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
18. 4.4120 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Jun 6, 9:39 PM GMT+8 · 117 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
19. 5.1120 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Jun 13, 8:05 PM GMT+8 · 110 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
20. 4.193 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSun, Jun 14, 3:35 PM GMT+8 · 109 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
21. 4.479 km SSE of Bitung, IndonesiaTue, Jun 16, 1:14 PM GMT+8 · 108 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
22. 4.490 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaWed, Jun 24, 12:54 PM GMT+9 · 100 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
23. 4.7112 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Jun 27, 12:40 AM GMT+8 · 97 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
24. 4.6126 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaMon, Jun 29, 3:19 PM GMT+8 · 94 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away

Before

1. 4.5117 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaTue, May 5, 4:16 PM GMT+9 · 149 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
2. 4.5101 km NW of Ternate, IndonesiaTue, May 5, 12:32 PM GMT+9 · 150 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
3. 4.8128 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaSun, May 3, 2:57 PM GMT+8 · 151 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
4. 4.284 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaSun, May 3, 7:39 AM GMT+9 · 152 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
5. 4.4119 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaThu, Apr 30, 3:29 AM GMT+8 · 155 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
6. 4.6112 km W of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, Apr 27, 3:17 PM GMT+9 · 158 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
7. 4.6106 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Apr 25, 12:28 PM GMT+8 · 160 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
8. 4.6113 km NW of Ternate, IndonesiaFri, Apr 24, 5:41 PM GMT+9 · 160 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
9. 5.1122 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaFri, Apr 24, 1:45 PM GMT+9 · 161 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
10. 4.2108 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaFri, Apr 24, 12:55 PM GMT+9 · 161 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
11. 4.3130 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaThu, Apr 23, 9:13 PM GMT+9 · 161 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
12. 4.6117 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaTue, Apr 21, 5:02 PM GMT+8 · 163 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
13. 4.2114 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaTue, Apr 21, 11:30 AM GMT+8 · 164 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
14. 4.8111 km W of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, Apr 20, 4:12 PM GMT+9 · 164 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
15. 4.4119 km W of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, Apr 20, 11:57 AM GMT+9 · 165 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
16. 4.4106 km SE of Bitung, IndonesiaSun, Apr 19, 10:26 PM GMT+8 · 165 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
17. 4.3113 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Apr 18, 1:14 PM GMT+8 · 167 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
18. 4.7114 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Apr 18, 10:14 AM GMT+8 · 167 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
19. 5.1128 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Apr 18, 7:29 AM GMT+8 · 167 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
20. 5.0118 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Apr 18, 7:27 AM GMT+8 · 167 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sxhh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:52 PM UTC.