Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 3 km depth8 Jun 19:57 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 3 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeJun 8, 2026 19:53:54 UTC - Local time at epicenterMonday, Jun 8, 2026, at 07:53 pm (Universal Time GMT +0)Statusconfirmed (manually revised)Magnitude3.9Depth3 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude3.6°N / 126.97°ETalaud Islands Regency, Sulawesi Utara, IndonesiaSeismic antipode3.6°S / 53.03°WShaking intensityV Moderate shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)Nearest volcanoAwu (163 km / 101 mi)Estimated seismic energy released4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.9 | about seismic energy4 minutes agoJun 8, 2026 19:53 GMT / Jun 8, 2026 07:53 pm (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: 3.6 / 126.97: Talaud Islands, IndonesiaSource: BMKGDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23076191',3.60000,126.97000,'4 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, Talaud Islands, Indonesia',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in BaliNearby placesThe closest larger town near the epicenter is Tahuna, a town with 35,000 inhabitants in Indonesia, in 165 km (102 mi) distance to the west, but it is unlikely that the quake was felt there. 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It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-06-8EpicenterAgency3.93 km1.9 mi19:53:54Talaud Islands, IndonesiaBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 251 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.03 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 31.3 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.36 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.8 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 10.1 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 101 quakes per year (or 8.4 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 234 quakes per year (or 19.5 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 253 quakes per year (or 21 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 4 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 30 to 35 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake