Indonesia earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 56 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 56 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia on Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 2:13 AM GMT+9 (17:13 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 78 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2026-03-20 17:13:44 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.284° N, 127.531° 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 14.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
151°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.291 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 185 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.284 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.584 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 182 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.364 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 181 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 5.078 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 181 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.128 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 181 days ago · 155 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 4.081 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 180 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 4.271 km N of Ternate, Indonesia · 178 days ago · 163 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.597 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 177 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.278 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 176 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.475 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 170 days ago · 137 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 4.272 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 166 days ago · 124 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 4.284 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 151 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 4.679 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 150 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 4.5101 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 149 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 4.597 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 205 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 4.466 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 212 days ago · 147 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.381 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 219 days ago · 119 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.168 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 223 days ago · 132 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.628 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia · 223 days ago · 103 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000s8tz. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC.