Indonesia earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 45 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 45 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia on Wed, Sep 16, 2026, 2:26 AM GMT+8 (18:26 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 34 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2026-09-15 18:26:33 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
8.198° S, 120.444° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
119°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 since this one and 196 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.734 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 4 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 5.167 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 3 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 5.535 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 44 hr ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away

Before

  1. 4.550 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia · 9 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 5.051 km NE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 9 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.645 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 11 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.360 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 13 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.647 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 14 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 5.2125 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 14 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  7. 5.351 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 15 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 4.175 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 16 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.436 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 17 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 4.559 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 17 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.538 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 18 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.396 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 19 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 4.743 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 21 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 4.950 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 21 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 4.231 km NNE of Komodo, Indonesia · 22 days ago · 188 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 5.544 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 23 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 4.458 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 23 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 4.325 km E of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · 23 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 4.550 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia · 23 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 4.578 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia · 24 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000thp0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC.