M4.4 earthquake 169 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 169 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia on Mon, Jul 20, 2026, 6:31 PM GMT+8 (10:31 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 125 km NW of Ternate, 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
- 2026-07-20 10:31:18 UTC
- Depth
- 35.1 km (21.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.281° N, 126.398° 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 14.0 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 32
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 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1208 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 62 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.7125 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 59 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 4.5200 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 52 days ago · 54 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4107 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7121 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3152 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5226 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 18 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.4134 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 83 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5133 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 84 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5148 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 85 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6127 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 86 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6134 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 87 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6119 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 90 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1155 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 95 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.9172 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 101 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.5109 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia · 103 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000t34v. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:52 PM UTC.