M4.9 earthquake 50 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 50 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia on Wed, Aug 26, 2026, 5:23 AM GMT+8 (21:23 UTC), 11 km (7 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-25 21:23:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.7 km (6.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.236° S, 120.729° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 56 since this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.164 km N of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.318 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3100 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.583 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.495 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.687 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.666 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3116 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.688 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.384 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.583 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.666 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.060 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.777 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.054 km E of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.931 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.536 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.264 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3111 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.786 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.476 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.444 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 32 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.685 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 32 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.319 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 31 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.359 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 31 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.578 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 30 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.332 km NW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.550 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.231 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 29 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.458 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 29 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.440 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 29 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.576 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.950 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.746 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 27 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.396 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 26 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.549 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 25 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.559 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 24 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.436 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 23 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.175 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 22 days ago · 70 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.348 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 22 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.351 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 21 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.2125 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 21 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 4.647 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 21 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.360 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 19 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.645 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 17 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.051 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 16 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.550 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 15 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.353 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 14 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.574 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 12 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.734 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 11 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.167 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 10 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.535 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 8 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.754 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 7 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.563 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 6 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.842 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 4 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.052 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 3 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 4.574 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.276 km NW of Ende, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.660 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.068 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.955 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.937 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.021 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.890 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.770 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.636 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2101 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.189 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.468 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.242 km NW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.754 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.266 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
- 4.562 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.585 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.489 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.875 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
Earthquakes todayIndonesia earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000tbup. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:06 AM UTC.