M4.2 earthquake 98 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 98 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia on Sun, Aug 16, 2026, 12:05 AM GMT+8 (16:05 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 31 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-15 16:05:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.799° S, 120.832° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 since this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.234 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.348 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.591 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.554 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.776 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.799 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.370 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.541 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.448 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.142 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.386 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.432 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.443 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.691 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.085 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.251 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1170 km NNW of Maumere, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.485 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.379 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.949 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.184 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.483 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3119 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.696 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.483 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.578 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.142 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.585 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.171 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.683 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.481 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4101 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.671 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.579 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.316 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.373 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.355 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.377 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.581 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.337 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.284 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.649 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.9110 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.683 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5116 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.075 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.397 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.582 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.250 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.481 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.976 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.653 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.444 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.357 km E of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.227 km E of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.276 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.579 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.567 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.789 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 4.590 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 4.974 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1138 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 93 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.981 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.163 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.176 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.379 km N of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.660 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.171 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.545 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.044 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.687 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.541 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.966 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.656 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.444 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.270 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.466 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.097 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.758 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.390 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
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