M4.5 earthquake 49 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 49 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia on Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 7:16 PM GMT+8 (11:16 UTC), 10 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-21 11:16:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.170° S, 120.514° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 since this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.663 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.532 km WNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 4.987 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.240 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.067 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.077 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.252 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.631 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.875 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.489 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.557 km N of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.585 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.562 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.266 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 4.35 km SSW of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.754 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.242 km NW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.468 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.189 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2101 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.636 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.770 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.890 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.021 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.937 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.955 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.068 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.660 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.276 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.574 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.950 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.164 km N of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.318 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3100 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.583 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.495 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.687 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.666 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3116 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.683 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.381 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.583 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.666 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.777 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.054 km E of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.931 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.536 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.264 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3111 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.786 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.476 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.444 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 32 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.685 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 32 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.319 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 31 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.359 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 31 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.578 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 30 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.332 km NW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.550 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.231 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.458 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 4.740 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.433 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.30 km SW of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.439 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.547 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.986 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.368 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.371 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.580 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.284 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.478 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.629 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.550 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.675 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.640 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.456 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.798 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.081 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.069 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.576 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 40 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
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