Just 9 minutes ago, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Tiakur, Southwest Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded around noon on Monday, March 30th, 2026, at 1:00 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 149. km below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, which listed it as a magnitude 5.0 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.2, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.2.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.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Tiakur (pop. 5,200) located 107 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 30, 2026 01:00 pm (GMT +9) local time (30 Mar 2026 04:00 GMT)Magnitude: 5.2Depth: 149.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 7.59°S / 128.58°E (Southwest Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia)Primary data source: EMSC