Just 8 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Tiakur, Southwest Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded in the afternoon on Monday, January 19th, 2026, at 4:49 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 97. km below the surface.The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.5 as well.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Tiakur (pop. 5,200) located 52 km from the epicenter, Tutuala (pop. 3,700) 85 km away, and Lospalos (pop. 17,200) 112 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 19, 2026 04:49 pm (GMT +9) local time (19 Jan 2026 07:49 GMT)Magnitude: 4.5Depth: 97.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 7.72°S / 127.61°E (Southwest Maluku Regency, Maluku, Timor-Leste)Primary data source: BMKG