Indonesia earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 107 km E of Bitung, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 107 km E of Bitung, Indonesia on Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 7:00 PM GMT+8 (11:00 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 130 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2026-08-27 11:00:15 UTC
Depth
81.6 km (50.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
1.533° N, 126.094° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 since this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6115 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.3152 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 4.7132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.794 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 22 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 5.2130 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 16 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 4.6106 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 10 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 4.6155 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 9 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 4.595 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 57 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.7127 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 59 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.5110 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 59 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 5.7125 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 60 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.4113 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 64 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000tc8s. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:48 PM UTC.