M4.6 earthquake 117 km ESE of Modisi, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 117 km ESE of Modisi, Indonesia on Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 8:37 AM GMT+8 (00:37 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 80 km S of Modisi, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-28 00:37:27 UTC
- Depth
- 33.7 km (20.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.110° S, 125.328° 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 9.3 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.080 km S of Modisi, Indonesia · 247 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3120 km SE of Modisi, Indonesia · 231 days ago · 51 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.667 km SSE of Modisi, Indonesia · 228 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.548 km S of Modisi, Indonesia · 220 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.456 km ESE of Modisi, Indonesia · 206 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5119 km SE of Modisi, Indonesia · 205 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 4.558 km SSE of Modisi, Indonesia · 252 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.471 km SSE of Modisi, Indonesia · 254 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.652 km S of Modisi, Indonesia · 258 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.089 km SSE of Tondano, Indonesia · 258 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.574 km SSE of Modisi, Indonesia · 264 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4135 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 274 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s4wh. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC.