M4.7 earthquake 40 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 40 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia on Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 7:03 PM GMT+8 (11:03 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 35 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-21 11:03:03 UTC
- Depth
- 9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.255° S, 120.564° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 89 since this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.549 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.663 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.532 km WNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 4.987 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.240 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.067 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.077 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.252 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.631 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.777 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.875 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.489 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.557 km N of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.585 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.562 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.266 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
- 4.35 km SSW of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.754 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.242 km NW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.468 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.189 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2101 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.636 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.770 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.890 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.021 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.937 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.955 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.068 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.660 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.276 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.574 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.950 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.164 km N of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.318 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3100 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.583 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.495 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.687 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.666 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3116 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.683 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.381 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.583 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.666 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.060 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.777 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.054 km E of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.931 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.536 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.264 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3111 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.786 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.476 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.444 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.685 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.319 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 32 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.359 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 32 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.578 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 31 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.332 km NW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 31 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of 89.
Before
- 4.433 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.30 km SW of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.439 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.547 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.988 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.368 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.371 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.580 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.284 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.478 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.629 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.550 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.675 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.640 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.456 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.798 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.081 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.069 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.576 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.041 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 41 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tmf5. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:09 AM UTC.