M4.5 earthquake 74 km SSE of Modisi, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 74 km SSE of Modisi, Indonesia on Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 7:51 PM GMT+8 (11:51 UTC), 77 km (48 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-12 11:51:52 UTC
- Depth
- 76.6 km (47.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 0.169° S, 124.706° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.652 km S of Modisi, Indonesia · 255 days ago · 84 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.471 km SSE of Modisi, Indonesia · 251 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.558 km SSE of Modisi, Indonesia · 249 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.6117 km ESE of Modisi, Indonesia · 246 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.080 km S of Modisi, Indonesia · 244 days ago · 91 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.587 km S of Modisi, Indonesia · 237 days ago · 96 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3120 km SE of Modisi, Indonesia · 228 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.667 km SSE of Modisi, Indonesia · 225 days ago · 80 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.548 km S of Modisi, Indonesia · 217 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.456 km ESE of Modisi, Indonesia · 203 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5119 km SE of Modisi, Indonesia · 202 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s5gi. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.