M4.5 earthquake 67 km N of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 67 km N of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 2:25 AM GMT+9 (17:25 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 73 km WNW of Tobelo, 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
- 2026-01-09 17:25:19 UTC
- Depth
- 74.3 km (46.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.392° N, 127.469° 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 12.4 km horizontally, 14.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.372 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 264 days ago · 118 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.228 km SSE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 260 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.973 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 260 days ago · 110 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.573 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 255 days ago · 136 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.498 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 253 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.026 km SSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 249 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.618 km N of Sofifi, Indonesia · 249 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2117 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 247 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.197 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 225 days ago · 111 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.628 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia · 223 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.168 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 223 days ago · 132 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.381 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 220 days ago · 119 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.466 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 212 days ago · 147 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.597 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 206 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 4.486 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 272 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.090 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 285 days ago · 100 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.370 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 285 days ago · 82 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.493 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 288 days ago · 88 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.478 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 291 days ago · 122 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s50m. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:30 AM UTC.