Just 5 minutes ago, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia. The tremor was recorded after midnight on Monday, February 23rd, 2026, at 12:57 am local time, at a great depth of 633. km below the surface.The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), 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 7.1 as well.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 Kota Belud (pop. 12,800) located 63 km from the epicenter, Kudat (pop. 32,400) 63 km away, Bandau (pop. 8,700) 69 km away, Kota Kinabalu (pop. 500,400) 104 km away, Putatan (pop. 78,300) 109 km away, Donggongon (pop. 78,100) 111 km away, and Petagas (pop. 35,800) 111 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: Feb 22, 2026 04:57 pm (Universal Time) local time (22 Feb 2026 16:57 GMT)Magnitude: 7.0Depth: 633.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 6.87°N / 116.26°E (Malaysia)Primary data source: GFZ