M4.5 earthquake 47 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia

Magnitude

4.5 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 4:30 PM GMT+8

UTC

2026-08-21 08:30:16 UTC

Depth

8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

8.184° S, 120.442° E

Region

Indonesia

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 9.3 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.14

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

83°

Stations used

19

• Ruteng, IndonesiaPopulation 41,533. Forecast48 kmN
• Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaPopulation 188,724. Forecast70 kmENE
• Makassar, IndonesiaPopulation 1,474,393. Forecast355 kmSSE

After

1. 4.439 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 4:54 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
2. 4.331 km NW of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 6:31 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
3. 4.433 km NE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 6:34 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
4. 4.740 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 7:03 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
5. 4.549 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 7:16 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
6. 4.663 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 7:54 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
7. 4.532 km WNW of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 12:05 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
8. 4.987 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 1:06 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
9. 4.240 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 2:22 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
10. 4.067 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 4:00 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
11. 5.077 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 4:21 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
12. 5.252 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 9:30 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
13. 4.631 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 9:59 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
14. 4.875 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 4:29 PM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
15. 4.489 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 10:21 PM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
16. 4.557 km N of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaSat, Aug 22, 11:48 PM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
17. 4.585 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaSun, Aug 23, 12:42 AM GMT+8 · 42 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
18. 4.562 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSun, Aug 23, 6:01 AM GMT+8 · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
19. 5.266 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 5:20 AM GMT+8 · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
20. 4.35 km SSW of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 5:27 AM GMT+8 · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
21. 4.754 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 6:57 AM GMT+8 · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
22. 4.242 km NW of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 7:05 AM GMT+8 · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
23. 4.468 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 8:22 AM GMT+8 · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
24. 4.189 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 8:47 AM GMT+8 · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
25. 4.2101 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 8:55 AM GMT+8 · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
26. 4.636 km NNW of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 9:12 AM GMT+8 · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
27. 4.770 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 10:19 AM GMT+8 · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
28. 4.890 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 24, 11:12 PM GMT+8 · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
29. 4.021 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaTue, Aug 25, 7:27 AM GMT+8 · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
30. 4.937 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaTue, Aug 25, 8:05 AM GMT+8 · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
31. 3.955 km NNW of Ruteng, IndonesiaTue, Aug 25, 8:37 AM GMT+8 · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
32. 5.068 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaTue, Aug 25, 10:58 PM GMT+8 · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
33. 4.660 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaTue, Aug 25, 11:51 PM GMT+8 · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
34. 4.276 km NW of Ende, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 2:20 AM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
35. 4.574 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 5:22 AM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
36. 4.950 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 5:23 AM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
37. 4.164 km N of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 8:23 AM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
38. 4.318 km ENE of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 8:25 AM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
39. 4.3100 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 8:34 AM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
40. 4.583 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 8:38 AM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
41. 4.495 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 9:20 AM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
42. 4.687 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 9:31 AM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
43. 4.666 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 2:27 PM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
44. 4.3116 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 2:36 PM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
45. 4.683 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 3:07 PM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
46. 4.381 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 3:17 PM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
47. 4.583 km NW of Ende, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 3:48 PM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
48. 4.777 km NW of Ende, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 12:52 AM GMT+8 · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
49. 4.054 km E of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 1:23 AM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
50. 4.931 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 2:23 AM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
51. 4.536 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 2:34 AM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
52. 5.264 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 6:33 PM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
53. 4.3111 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 28, 12:16 AM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
54. 4.786 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 28, 12:31 AM GMT+8 · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
55. 4.476 km NE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaFri, Aug 28, 5:05 AM GMT+8 · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
56. 4.444 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 28, 11:24 PM GMT+8 · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
57. 4.685 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Aug 29, 4:07 AM GMT+8 · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
58. 4.319 km NE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaSat, Aug 29, 4:37 PM GMT+8 · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
59. 4.359 km NE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaSat, Aug 29, 9:46 PM GMT+8 · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
60. 4.578 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSun, Aug 30, 3:10 PM GMT+8 · 34 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 99.

Before

1. 4.988 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 4:13 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
2. 4.368 km ENE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 2:38 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
3. 4.371 km NW of Ende, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 2:19 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
4. 4.580 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 12:38 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
5. 4.284 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 12:08 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
6. 4.478 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 12:06 PM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
7. 4.629 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 10:33 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
8. 4.550 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 10:17 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
9. 4.675 km NNW of Ende, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 9:38 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
10. 4.640 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 9:18 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
11. 4.456 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 7:01 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
12. 4.798 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 4:52 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
13. 5.069 km NW of Ende, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 3:24 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
14. 4.576 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 3:15 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
15. 5.041 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 2:30 AM GMT+8 · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
16. 4.48 km SSE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaFri, Aug 21, 12:37 AM GMT+8 · 44 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
17. 4.5105 km NNW of Ende, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 8:28 PM GMT+8 · 44 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
18. 4.021 km NE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 7:01 PM GMT+8 · 44 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
19. 4.5103 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 6:08 PM GMT+8 · 44 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
20. 5.342 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 20, 5:30 PM GMT+8 · 44 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1

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