Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 166 km depth16 Aug 00:57 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 6 minutes.16 Aug 01:06: Magnitude recalculated from 3.5 to 3.9. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 120.00 to 166.00 km (from 75 to 103 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 17 km (10.8 mi) towards SE.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeAug 16, 2026 00:51:33 UTC - Local time at epicenterSunday, Aug 16, 2026, at 12:51 am (Universal Time GMT +0)Statusconfirmed (manually revised)Magnitude3.9Depth166 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude6.8°S / 130.26°EIndonesiaSeismic antipode6.8°N / 49.74°WShaking intensityNot feltPrimary data sourceBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)Nearest volcanoSerua (63 km / 39 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeBroken Clouds 25.2°C (77 F), humidity: 77%, wind: 8 m/s (15 kts) from ESEEstimated 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 energy15 minutes agoAug 16, 2026 00:51 GMT / Aug 16, 2026 12:51 am (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: -6.8 / 130.26: Banda SeaSource: BMKGOther sources: RaspberryShake: 3.9 / 166 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23277411',-6.80000,130.26000,'15 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, Banda Sea',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 Saumlaki, a town with 14,000 inhabitants in Indonesia, in 175 km (108 mi) distance to the southeast, but it is unlikely that the quake was felt there. DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry175 km (108 mi)SE of epicenterSaumlaki(pop: 13,800)I: Not feltKabupaten Maluku Tenggara Barat, MalukuIndonesia305 km (189 mi)NE of epicenterTual(pop: 90,000)I: Not feltMalukuIndonesia311 km (193 mi)SW of epicenterTiakur(pop: 5,230)I: Not feltKabupaten Maluku Barat Daya, MalukuIndonesiaNotes:(*) 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 GMT2026-08-16EpicenterAgency3.9166 km103 mi00:51:33Banda SeaBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)3.9166 km103 mi00:51:33Banda Sea0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with BMKGRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 201 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.06 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 15.9 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.45 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.2 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 9.9 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 170 quakes per year (or 14.2 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 199 quakes per year (or 16.6 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 203 quakes per year (or 16.9 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 8 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 15 to 20 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake