Just 6 minutes ago, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Tobelo, North Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Thursday, January 15th, 2026, at 3:00 am local time, at an intermediate depth of 130. km below the surface.The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Galela (pop. 8,800) located 51 km from the epicenter, Tobelo (pop. 34,200) 78 km away, and Daruba (pop. 23,600) 105 km away.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: Jan 15, 2026 03:00 am (GMT +9) local time (14 Jan 2026 18:00 GMT)Magnitude: 4.6Depth: 130.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 1.96°N / 127.35°E (North Maluku, Indonesia)Primary data source: BMKG