Light magnitude 3.4 earthquake at 175 km depth7 Aug 23:35 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 4 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeAug 7, 2026 23:30:50 UTC - Local time at epicenterFriday, Aug 7, 2026, at 11:30 pm (Universal Time GMT +0)Statusconfirmed (manually revised)Magnitude3.4Depth175 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude0.28°N / 122.04°EKabupaten Pohuwato, Gorontalo, IndonesiaSeismic antipode0.28°S / 57.96°WShaking intensityNot feltPrimary data sourceBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)Nearest volcanoUna Una (69 km / 43 mi)Estimated seismic energy released7.9 x 109 joules (2.21 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.4 | about seismic energy5 minutes agoAug 7, 2026 23:30 GMT / Aug 7, 2026 11:30 pm (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: 0.28 / 122.04: Indonesia: Minahassa Peninsula, SulawesiSource: BMKGDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23253411',0.28000,122.04000,'5 minutes ago: Mag. 3.4, Indonesia: Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi',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 Gorontalo, a city with more than 200,000 inhabitants in Indonesia, in 117 km (73 mi) distance to the east, but it is unlikely that the quake was felt there. DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry117 km (73 mi)E of epicenterGorontalo(pop: 198,500)I: Not feltGorontaloIndonesia160 km (100 mi)SE of epicenterLuwuk(pop: 47,800)I: Not feltKabupaten Banggai, Sulawesi TengahIndonesia235 km (146 mi)SW of epicenterPoso(pop: 47,500): Not feltSulawesi TengahIndonesiaNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Get the Android appCompare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-08-7EpicenterAgency3.4175 km109 mi23:30:50Minahassa Peninsula, SulawesiBMKG (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: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 41.7 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.14 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 6.9 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 1.83 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 23.9 quakes per yearMag. 3 or higher: 100 quakes per year (or 8.3 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 241 quakes per year (or 20.1 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 251 quakes per year (or 20.9 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 3 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 40 to 45 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake