Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported a magnitude 4.6 quake in Indonesia near Waingapu, Kabupaten Sumba Timur, East Nusa Tenggara, only 7 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the morning on Sunday, March 1st, 2026, at 8:25 am local time at a shallow depth of 26. km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.6 as well.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Waingapu (pop. 35,900) located 37 km from the epicenter.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Tambolaka (pop. 35,800) located 98 km from the epicenter.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Mar 1, 2026 08:25 am (Makassar time) local time (1 Mar 2026 00:25 GMT)Magnitude: 4.6Depth: 26.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 9.88°S / 120.01°E (Kabupaten Sumba Timur, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia)Primary data source: BMKG