M4.6 earthquake 106 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 106 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia on Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:23 PM GMT+9 (12:23 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-23 12:23:20 UTC
- Depth
- 48.5 km (30.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.217° N, 126.526° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
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How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 12.7 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 0 since this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
Before
- 5.2132 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 7 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.794 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 12 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.7132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 26 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3142 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 26 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.7121 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 28 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4107 km E of Bitung, Indonesia · 28 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tx31. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.