Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported a magnitude 4.7 earthquake in Indonesia near Bengkulu, Kota Bengkulu, just 7 minutes ago. The earthquake struck early on Wednesday, October 7th, 2026, at 2:02 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 49. km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the earthquake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their reports.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the earthquake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibrations in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Bengkulu (pop. 373,600), located 33 km from the epicenter; Curup (pop. 46,200), 53 km away; and Lubuklinggau (pop. 234,200), 94 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update the magnitude and depth if they change and follow up if other significant news about the earthquake becomes 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 earthquake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Oct 6, 2026 07:02 pm (Universal Time) local time (6 Oct 2026 19:02 GMT)Magnitude: 4.6Hypocenter depth: 49.00 kmEpicenter coordinates: 3.58°S / 102.06°E (Kabupaten Bengkulu Utara, Bengkulu, Indonesia)Primary data source: BMKG