M5.0 earthquake 81 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia

Magnitude

5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 3:53 AM GMT+8

UTC

2026-08-20 19:53:51 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

8.173° S, 121.365° E

Region

Indonesia

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 9.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

88°

Stations used

45

• Ende, IndonesiaPopulation 87,269. Forecast81 kmNNW
• Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaPopulation 188,724. Forecast166 kmENE
• Makassar, IndonesiaPopulation 1,474,393. Forecast398 kmSSE

After

1. 4.798 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 4:52 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
2. 4.640 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 9:18 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
3. 4.675 km NNW of Ende, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 9:38 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
4. 4.550 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 10:17 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
5. 4.629 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 10:33 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
6. 4.478 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 12:06 PM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
7. 4.580 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 12:38 PM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
8. 4.371 km NW of Ende, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 2:19 PM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
9. 4.368 km ENE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 2:38 PM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
10. 4.439 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 4:54 PM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
11. 4.740 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 7:03 PM GMT+8 · 41 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
12. 4.549 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 7:16 PM GMT+8 · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
13. 4.663 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 7:54 PM GMT+8 · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
14. 4.067 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 4:00 AM GMT+8 · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
15. 5.077 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 4:21 AM GMT+8 · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
16. 5.252 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 9:30 AM GMT+8 · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
17. 4.777 km NNW of Ende, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 1:45 PM GMT+8 · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
18. 4.266 km NW of Maumere, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 2:29 PM GMT+8 · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
19. 4.875 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 4:29 PM GMT+8 · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
20. 4.489 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 10:21 PM GMT+8 · 40 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
21. 4.585 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaSun, Aug 23, 12:42 AM GMT+8 · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
22. 4.562 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSun, Aug 23, 6:01 AM GMT+8 · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
23. 5.266 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 5:20 AM GMT+8 · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
24. 4.754 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 6:57 AM GMT+8 · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
25. 4.189 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 8:47 AM GMT+8 · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
26. 4.2101 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 8:55 AM GMT+8 · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
27. 5.068 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaTue, Aug 25, 10:58 PM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
28. 4.660 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaTue, Aug 25, 11:51 PM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
29. 4.276 km NW of Ende, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 2:20 AM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
30. 4.950 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 5:23 AM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
31. 4.318 km ENE of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 8:25 AM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
32. 4.666 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 2:27 PM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
33. 4.3116 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 2:36 PM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
34. 4.381 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 3:17 PM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
35. 4.583 km NW of Ende, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 3:48 PM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
36. 4.666 km NNW of Ende, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 5:47 PM GMT+8 · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
37. 5.060 km NNW of Ende, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 10:15 PM GMT+8 · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
38. 4.777 km NW of Ende, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 12:52 AM GMT+8 · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
39. 4.054 km E of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 1:23 AM GMT+8 · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
40. 4.931 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 2:23 AM GMT+8 · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
41. 4.536 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 2:34 AM GMT+8 · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
42. 4.570 km NW of Maumere, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 2:15 PM GMT+8 · 36 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
43. 4.3111 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 28, 12:16 AM GMT+8 · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
44. 4.685 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 29, 4:07 AM GMT+8 · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
45. 4.578 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSun, Aug 30, 3:10 PM GMT+8 · 33 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
46. 4.550 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaSun, Aug 30, 7:03 PM GMT+8 · 32 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
47. 4.458 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 31, 10:48 AM GMT+8 · 32 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
48. 5.440 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 31, 4:03 PM GMT+8 · 32 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
49. 4.340 km N of Ende, IndonesiaMon, Aug 31, 8:01 PM GMT+8 · 31 days ago · 185 km deep · 44 km away
50. 4.576 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaTue, Sep 1, 10:06 PM GMT+8 · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
51. 4.950 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Sep 2, 2:11 AM GMT+8 · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
52. 4.746 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Sep 2, 2:06 PM GMT+8 · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
53. 4.396 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Sep 4, 12:04 AM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
54. 4.856 km N of Ende, IndonesiaFri, Sep 4, 5:00 AM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
55. 4.549 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Sep 5, 7:17 AM GMT+8 · 27 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
56. 4.262 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Sep 5, 5:09 PM GMT+8 · 26 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
57. 4.559 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Sep 5, 8:35 PM GMT+8 · 26 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
58. 4.060 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Sep 5, 9:21 PM GMT+8 · 26 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
59. 4.262 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Sep 7, 8:56 AM GMT+8 · 25 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
60. 4.336 km E of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Sep 7, 8:50 PM GMT+8 · 24 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

1. 5.069 km NW of Ende, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 3:24 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
2. 4.576 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 3:15 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
3. 5.668 km NNW of Ende, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 2:12 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
4. 4.5105 km NNW of Ende, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 8:28 PM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
5. 4.5103 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 6:08 PM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
6. 5.342 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 5:30 PM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
7. 4.865 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 4:53 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
8. 5.040 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 4:01 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
9. 4.584 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 3:58 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
10. 4.547 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 3:50 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
11. 4.739 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 12:23 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
12. 4.642 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 11:00 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
13. 5.642 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 10:46 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
14. 4.740 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 10:24 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
15. 4.641 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 7:20 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
16. 5.731 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 6:45 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
17. 4.545 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 6:33 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
18. 4.4140 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 5:32 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
19. 4.545 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 3:11 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
20. 5.548 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 12:17 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tm9h. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC.