Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 182 km depth26 Dec 22:01 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 5 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeDec 26, 2025 21:56:08 UTC - Local time at epicenterFriday, Dec 26, 2025, at 09:56 pm (Universal Time GMT +0)Statusconfirmed (manually revised)Magnitude3.9Depth182 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude6.06°S / 130.61°EIndonesiaSeismic antipode6.06°N / 49.39°WBrazilShaking intensityNot feltPrimary data sourceBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)Nearest volcanoManuk (69 km / 43 mi)Estimated seismic energy released4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.9 | about seismic energy5 minutes agoDec 26, 2025 21:56 GMT / Dec 26, 2025 09:56 pm (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: -6.06 / 130.61: Indonesia: Banda SeaSource: BMKGDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22545037',-6.06000,130.61000,'5 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, Indonesia: Banda Sea',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in BaliNearby placesThe closest larger town near the epicenter is Saumlaki, a town with 14,000 inhabitants in Indonesia, in 227 km (141 mi) distance to the south, but it is unlikely that the quake was felt there. DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry227 km (141 mi)S of epicenterSaumlaki(pop: 13,800)I: Not feltKabupaten Maluku Tenggara Barat, MalukuIndonesia242 km (150 mi)E of epicenterTual(pop: 90,000)I: Not feltMalukuIndonesia376 km (234 mi)NW of epicenterAmbon(pop: 347,300)I: Not feltMalukuIndonesiaNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Compare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2025-12-26EpicenterAgency3.9182 km113 mi21:56:08Banda SeaBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 25 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 131 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.04 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 25 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.29 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 3.4 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 8 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 112 quakes per year (or 9.3 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 130 quakes per year (or 10.8 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 132 quakes per year (or 11 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 5 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 23 to 27 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake