M4.5 earthquake 59 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 59 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia on Sat, Sep 5, 2026, 8:35 PM GMT+8 (12:35 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-05 12:35:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.127° S, 120.700° 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. If you felt it, tell the USGS: every report sharpens the shaking map.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 12.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 since this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.060 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.433 km E of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 29 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.018 km E of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 29 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.436 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 29 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.262 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 28 days ago · 62 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.348 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.336 km E of Ruteng, Indonesia · 28 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.565 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 27 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.251 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 27 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.156 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 27 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.2118 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 26 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.647 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 26 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.360 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 25 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.443 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 23 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.544 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 22 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.051 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 21 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.550 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 21 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.353 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 19 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.574 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 18 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.734 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 17 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.167 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 16 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.535 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 14 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.754 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia · 13 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.459 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 12 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.842 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 9 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.953 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 8 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.683 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 3 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.5101 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 3 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.037 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 17 hr ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.843 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 16 hr ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.262 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.549 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 30 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.396 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 31 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.746 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.950 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.576 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.440 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.458 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.231 km ENE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.550 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.332 km NW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.578 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 36 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.359 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.319 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.685 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.444 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.476 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.786 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3111 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.264 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 39 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000teja. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:44 AM UTC.