Indonesia earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 128 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 128 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia on Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 2:58 AM GMT+8 (18:58 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
2026-01-13 18:58:10 UTC
Depth
45.6 km (28.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.107° N, 126.236° 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 7.2 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
99

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.475 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia · 253 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.498 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 253 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.6102 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 4.3127 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 243 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.3114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 242 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 4.789 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 235 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.6128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 233 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.284 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 232 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 4.4119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 230 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 4.786 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 208 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 4.2144 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 207 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 4.372 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 263 days ago · 118 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.4135 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 271 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.6123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 275 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.3129 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 283 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 5.5132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 284 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  6. 5.072 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 287 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rph2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC.