A magnitude 5.4 earthquake near Ternate, Kota Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia, was reported only 20 minutes ago by the United States Geological Survey, considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a moderately shallow depth of 35. km beneath the epicenter in the morning on Thursday, April 2nd, 2026, at 8:13 am local time. 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 4.8. Other agencies reporting the same quake include The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) at magnitude 5.4, France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.0, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency at magnitude 5.0, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.4, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.4, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 5.4.Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.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 Bitung (pop. 137,400) located 124 km from the epicenter, Bitung (pop. 225,100) 130 km away, and Ternate (pop. 204,900) 131 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: Apr 2, 2026 08:13 am (Jayapura time) local time (1 Apr 2026 23:13 GMT)Magnitude: 5.4Depth: 35.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 1.09°N / 126.25°E (Kota Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia)Primary data source: USGS