M4.5 earthquake 103 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 103 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia on Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 6:08 PM GMT+8 (10:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 68 km NNW of Ende, 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-20 10:08:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.826° S, 120.970° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 since this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5105 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.668 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.041 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.576 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.069 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.081 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.798 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.640 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.675 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.550 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.629 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.478 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.284 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.580 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.371 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.368 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.988 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.547 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.439 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.740 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.549 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.663 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.987 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.067 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.077 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.252 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.631 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.777 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.875 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.489 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 41 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.585 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.562 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.266 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 4.754 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.242 km NW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.468 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.189 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2101 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.636 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.770 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.890 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.955 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.068 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.660 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.276 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.574 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.950 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.318 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3100 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.583 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.495 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.687 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.666 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3116 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.683 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.381 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.583 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.666 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.060 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.777 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 109.
Before
- 5.342 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.865 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.369 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.040 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.584 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.040 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.547 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.679 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.770 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.739 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.372 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.538 km NW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.642 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.642 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.390 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.740 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.628 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.641 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.546 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.731 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
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