An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 occurred only 8 minutes ago 42 km northeast of Manado, Indonesia, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported.The quake hit at an intermediate depth of 143. km beneath the epicenter near Manado, Kota Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia, early morning on Saturday, August 8th, 2026, at 6:12 am local time. 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 4.0.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Bitung (pop. 137,400) located 25 km from the epicenter, Bitung (pop. 225,100) 27 km away, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (pop. 8,000) 31 km away, Manado (pop. 451,900) 42 km away, Tondano (pop. 33,300) 51 km away, and Tomohon (pop. 27,600) 57 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: Aug 8, 2026 06:12 am (Makassar time) local time (7 Aug 2026 22:12 GMT)Magnitude: 4.6Depth: 143.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 1.68°N / 125.17°E (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia)Primary data source: BMKG