Moderate magnitude 4.5 earthquake 104 km northwest of Saumlaki, Indonesia

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Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported a magnitude 4.5 quake in Indonesia near Saumlaki, Western Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku, only 13 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the morning on Tuesday, June 9th, 2026, at 10:19 am local time at a great depth of 427. km. 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 4.5 as well.According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people and did not cause any damage. In Saumlaki (pop. 13,800, 104 km away), the quake was probably not felt.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: Jun 9, 2026 10:19 am (GMT +9) local time (9 Jun 2026 01:19 GMT)Magnitude: 4.5Depth: 427.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 7.31°S / 130.64°E (Western Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia)Primary data source: BMKG