Indonesia earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 63 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 63 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia on Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:02 AM GMT+8 (02:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 52 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2026-09-23 02:02:43 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
8.145° S, 120.808° E
Region
Indonesia
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 since this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.842 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 5 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 5.052 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 4 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 4.754 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 9 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 5.535 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 10 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 5.167 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 11 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 4.734 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 12 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.574 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 14 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 4.353 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 15 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.550 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 17 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 5.051 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 17 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 4.544 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 18 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.645 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 19 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 4.360 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 21 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 4.647 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 22 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 5.2125 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 22 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  14. 5.351 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 23 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 4.336 km E of Ruteng, Indonesia · 23 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 4.348 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 24 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 4.262 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 24 days ago · 62 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 4.436 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 25 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 4.060 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 25 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 4.559 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 25 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tx08. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:36 PM UTC.