Indonesia earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 34 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 34 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia on Sun, Aug 16, 2026, 12:09 AM GMT+8 (16:09 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2026-08-15 16:09:52 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
8.465° S, 120.738° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
21

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

  1. 4.348 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.591 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.554 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.776 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.799 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.370 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 4.541 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 4.448 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.142 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 4.386 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 4.432 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 4.443 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 4.691 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 5.085 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 4.251 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 4.485 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 4.213 km WSW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 4.379 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 4.343 km N of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 4.949 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 4.184 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 4.483 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 4.3119 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 4.696 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 4.483 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 5.578 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 4.142 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 4.585 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 4.171 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 4.683 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 4.481 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 4.4101 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 4.671 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 4.579 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 4.316 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  36. 4.373 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 4.355 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 5.377 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  39. 4.581 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 4.337 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 5.284 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 4.649 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 4.9110 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 4.683 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 4.211 km NNW of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 5.075 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 4.397 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 4.582 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 4.250 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 4.481 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 4.976 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 4.653 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 4.444 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 4.357 km E of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  55. 4.227 km E of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 4.276 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 4.579 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 5.567 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 4.789 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  60. 4.590 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 46 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.298 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.974 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.613 km N of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.981 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 4.163 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 5.176 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 47 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.660 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 4.171 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.545 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 5.044 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.687 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 4.541 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 4.966 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 4.656 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 4.444 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 5.270 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 4.466 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 4.097 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 4.758 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 4.390 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tm68. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC.