M4.4 earthquake 44 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia

Magnitude

4.4 (mb), light

Local time

Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 11:24 PM GMT+8

UTC

2026-08-28 15:24:45 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

8.216° S, 120.414° E

Region

Indonesia

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 9.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.19

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

138°

Stations used

19

• Ruteng, IndonesiaPopulation 41,533. Forecast44 kmN
• Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaPopulation 188,724. Forecast66 kmENE
• Makassar, IndonesiaPopulation 1,474,393. Forecast358 kmSSE

After

1. 4.319 km NE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaSat, Aug 29, 4:37 PM GMT+8 · 25 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
2. 4.578 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSun, Aug 30, 3:10 PM GMT+8 · 24 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
3. 4.550 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaSun, Aug 30, 7:03 PM GMT+8 · 23 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
4. 4.325 km E of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaMon, Aug 31, 8:42 AM GMT+8 · 23 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
5. 4.458 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 31, 10:48 AM GMT+8 · 23 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
6. 5.544 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Aug 31, 4:03 PM GMT+8 · 23 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
7. 4.231 km NNE of Komodo, IndonesiaMon, Aug 31, 10:25 PM GMT+8 · 22 days ago · 188 km deep · 89 km away
8. 4.950 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Sep 2, 2:11 AM GMT+8 · 21 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
9. 4.743 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Sep 2, 2:06 PM GMT+8 · 21 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
10. 4.396 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Sep 4, 12:04 AM GMT+8 · 19 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
11. 4.538 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Sep 5, 7:17 AM GMT+8 · 18 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
12. 4.559 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Sep 5, 8:35 PM GMT+8 · 17 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
13. 4.436 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaSun, Sep 6, 2:06 PM GMT+8 · 17 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
14. 4.175 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Sep 7, 8:56 AM GMT+8 · 16 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
15. 5.351 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaTue, Sep 8, 12:40 PM GMT+8 · 15 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
16. 5.2125 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaTue, Sep 8, 11:36 PM GMT+8 · 14 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.647 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Sep 9, 5:42 AM GMT+8 · 14 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
18. 4.360 km ENE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Sep 10, 4:41 PM GMT+8 · 13 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
19. 4.645 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Sep 12, 11:34 AM GMT+8 · 11 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
20. 5.051 km NE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaMon, Sep 14, 6:40 AM GMT+8 · 9 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
21. 4.550 km NNW of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Sep 14, 8:53 AM GMT+8 · 9 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
22. 4.345 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Sep 16, 2:26 AM GMT+8 · 7 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
23. 4.734 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Sep 18, 8:20 PM GMT+8 · 4 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
24. 5.167 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaSat, Sep 19, 9:56 PM GMT+8 · 3 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
25. 5.535 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaMon, Sep 21, 9:41 AM GMT+8 · 45 hr ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away

Before

1. 4.476 km NE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaFri, Aug 28, 5:05 AM GMT+8 · 26 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
2. 4.786 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 28, 12:31 AM GMT+8 · 26 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
3. 4.3111 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaFri, Aug 28, 12:16 AM GMT+8 · 26 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
4. 5.354 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 6:33 PM GMT+8 · 27 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
5. 4.536 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 2:34 AM GMT+8 · 27 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
6. 4.931 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 2:23 AM GMT+8 · 27 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
7. 4.054 km E of Ruteng, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 1:23 AM GMT+8 · 27 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
8. 4.777 km NW of Ende, IndonesiaThu, Aug 27, 12:52 AM GMT+8 · 27 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
9. 4.583 km NW of Ende, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 3:48 PM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
10. 4.384 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 3:17 PM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
11. 4.688 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 3:07 PM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
12. 4.3116 km NNE of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 2:36 PM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
13. 4.666 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 2:27 PM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
14. 4.687 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 9:31 AM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
15. 4.495 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 9:20 AM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
16. 4.583 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 8:38 AM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
17. 4.383 km N of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 8:34 AM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
18. 4.318 km ENE of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 8:25 AM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
19. 4.164 km N of Labuan Bajo, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 8:23 AM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
20. 4.950 km NE of Ruteng, IndonesiaWed, Aug 26, 5:23 AM GMT+8 · 28 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000te12. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC.