M4.2 earthquake 144 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 144 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Sun, Mar 8, 2026, 4:54 AM GMT+9 (19:54 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M7.4 129 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-03-07 19:54:42 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.678° N, 126.431° 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 12.6 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2167 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 207 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.597 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 205 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4138 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 202 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3108 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 198 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6142 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 191 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.291 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 185 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4147 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 185 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 7.4129 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 60
- 5.0113 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.0123 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.9117 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5124 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.4119 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.8114 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.5116 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.883 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.9106 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.8115 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1102 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5115 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6123 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6125 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1130 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5126 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7115 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.7129 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.7128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.2128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3106 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5127 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.9126 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.1124 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.5126 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4112 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7127 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2119 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4126 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.383 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3121 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4100 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5125 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1129 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3117 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3107 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1110 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.7111 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2122 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.2115 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5124 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0118 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.8125 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.9108 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6120 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.495 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.387 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.284 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2109 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2101 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 4.786 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 207 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.381 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 219 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.197 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 225 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4119 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 229 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.284 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 232 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 232 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.0151 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 234 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
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