An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred only 6 minutes ago 96 km southeast of Kupang, Indonesia, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported.The quake hit at a shallow depth of 12. km beneath the epicenter near Kupang, Kota Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, in the afternoon on Monday, May 25th, 2026, at 4:57 pm 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.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.0 earthquake as well.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Soe (pop. 40,200) located 67 km from the epicenter, Kupang (pop. 442,800) 96 km away, and Kefamenanu (pop. 48,200) 111 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: May 25, 2026 07:57 am (Universal Time) local time (25 May 2026 07:57 GMT)Magnitude: 4.8Depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 10.59°S / 124.48°E (East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia)Primary data source: BMKG