M4.2 earthquake 114 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia

Magnitude

4.2 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 11:30 AM GMT+8

UTC

2026-04-21 03:30:43 UTC

Depth

35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

1.019° N, 126.067° E

Region

Indonesia

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 14.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

140°

Stations used

15

• Bitung, IndonesiaPopulation 225,134. Forecast114 kmESE
• Davao, PhilippinesPopulation 1,848,947. Forecast675 kmS

After

1. 4.6117 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaTue, Apr 21, 5:02 PM GMT+8 · 164 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
2. 4.3130 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaThu, Apr 23, 9:13 PM GMT+9 · 162 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
3. 4.2108 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaFri, Apr 24, 12:55 PM GMT+9 · 162 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
4. 5.1122 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaFri, Apr 24, 1:45 PM GMT+9 · 162 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
5. 4.6113 km NW of Ternate, IndonesiaFri, Apr 24, 5:41 PM GMT+9 · 161 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
6. 4.6106 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Apr 25, 12:28 PM GMT+8 · 161 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
7. 4.6165 km SE of Bitung, IndonesiaSun, Apr 26, 1:40 AM GMT+8 · 160 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
8. 4.6112 km W of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, Apr 27, 3:17 PM GMT+9 · 159 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
9. 4.4119 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaThu, Apr 30, 3:29 AM GMT+8 · 156 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
10. 4.284 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaSun, May 3, 7:39 AM GMT+9 · 153 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
11. 4.8128 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaSun, May 3, 2:57 PM GMT+8 · 153 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
12. 4.679 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, May 4, 1:51 AM GMT+9 · 152 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
13. 4.5101 km NW of Ternate, IndonesiaTue, May 5, 12:32 PM GMT+9 · 151 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
14. 4.5117 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaTue, May 5, 4:16 PM GMT+9 · 151 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
15. 4.481 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaTue, May 5, 5:13 PM GMT+8 · 150 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
16. 4.4100 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaFri, May 8, 1:53 PM GMT+8 · 148 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
17. 4.4118 km WSW of Ternate, IndonesiaSun, May 10, 2:35 AM GMT+9 · 146 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
18. 4.5133 km WSW of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, May 11, 12:53 AM GMT+9 · 145 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
19. 4.4124 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, May 11, 12:56 PM GMT+9 · 145 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
20. 4.4126 km WSW of Ternate, IndonesiaWed, May 13, 7:33 AM GMT+9 · 143 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
21. 4.8123 km W of Ternate, IndonesiaThu, May 14, 11:59 AM GMT+9 · 142 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
22. 4.4115 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaSun, May 17, 6:07 AM GMT+8 · 139 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
23. 4.3126 km WSW of Ternate, IndonesiaSun, May 17, 10:24 AM GMT+9 · 139 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
24. 4.6131 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaWed, May 20, 8:48 PM GMT+8 · 135 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
25. 5.9115 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaFri, May 22, 9:05 AM GMT+8 · 134 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
26. 4.3128 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, May 23, 10:52 AM GMT+8 · 133 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
27. 4.9111 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSun, May 24, 11:33 PM GMT+8 · 131 days ago · 49 km deep · 3 km away
28. 5.5113 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaTue, May 26, 4:39 AM GMT+8 · 130 days ago · 45 km deep · 6 km away
29. 4.297 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaWed, May 27, 11:22 AM GMT+8 · 129 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
30. 5.0134 km SE of Bitung, IndonesiaWed, May 27, 2:24 PM GMT+8 · 129 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
31. 4.3122 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaThu, May 28, 4:33 PM GMT+8 · 127 days ago · 52 km deep · 20 km away
32. 4.6127 km W of Ternate, IndonesiaFri, May 29, 7:04 PM GMT+9 · 126 days ago · 64 km deep · 22 km away
33. 4.2136 km NW of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, Jun 1, 9:36 AM GMT+9 · 124 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
34. 4.186 km WSW of Ternate, IndonesiaTue, Jun 2, 7:37 AM GMT+9 · 123 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
35. 4.365 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaTue, Jun 2, 9:08 PM GMT+9 · 122 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
36. 4.562 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaThu, Jun 4, 6:56 PM GMT+9 · 120 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
37. 4.4120 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Jun 6, 9:39 PM GMT+8 · 118 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
38. 5.1120 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Jun 13, 8:05 PM GMT+8 · 111 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
39. 4.193 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSun, Jun 14, 3:35 PM GMT+8 · 111 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away
40. 4.479 km SSE of Bitung, IndonesiaTue, Jun 16, 1:14 PM GMT+8 · 109 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
41. 4.991 km WSW of Ternate, IndonesiaTue, Jun 16, 7:23 PM GMT+9 · 108 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away

Before

1. 4.8111 km W of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, Apr 20, 4:12 PM GMT+9 · 166 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
2. 4.4119 km W of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, Apr 20, 11:57 AM GMT+9 · 166 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
3. 4.4106 km SE of Bitung, IndonesiaSun, Apr 19, 10:26 PM GMT+8 · 166 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
4. 5.0140 km SSE of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Apr 18, 7:04 PM GMT+8 · 167 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
5. 4.9148 km SSE of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Apr 18, 6:23 PM GMT+8 · 167 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
6. 4.3113 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Apr 18, 1:14 PM GMT+8 · 168 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
7. 4.7114 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Apr 18, 10:14 AM GMT+8 · 168 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
8. 5.1128 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Apr 18, 7:29 AM GMT+8 · 168 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
9. 5.0118 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaSat, Apr 18, 7:27 AM GMT+8 · 168 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
10. 4.6117 km W of Ternate, IndonesiaFri, Apr 17, 7:21 PM GMT+9 · 168 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
11. 4.5107 km W of Ternate, IndonesiaFri, Apr 17, 4:19 AM GMT+9 · 169 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
12. 4.498 km W of Ternate, IndonesiaThu, Apr 16, 8:13 PM GMT+9 · 169 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
13. 4.495 km SE of Bitung, IndonesiaTue, Apr 14, 9:17 PM GMT+8 · 171 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
14. 4.6125 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaTue, Apr 14, 5:10 PM GMT+9 · 171 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
15. 4.4116 km ESE of Bitung, IndonesiaTue, Apr 14, 5:03 AM GMT+8 · 172 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
16. 4.4150 km SE of Bitung, IndonesiaMon, Apr 13, 10:44 PM GMT+8 · 172 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
17. 4.6109 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, Apr 13, 9:57 PM GMT+9 · 172 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
18. 4.9134 km E of Bitung, IndonesiaMon, Apr 13, 2:59 PM GMT+8 · 173 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
19. 4.5118 km SE of Bitung, IndonesiaMon, Apr 13, 2:28 PM GMT+8 · 173 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
20. 5.195 km WNW of Ternate, IndonesiaMon, Apr 13, 3:23 PM GMT+9 · 173 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000sh2h. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:25 PM UTC.