A shallow magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported early morning near Langsa, Kota Langsa, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province, Indonesia.According to Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the quake hit on Wednesday, May 27th, 2026, at 2:49 am local time at a shallow depth of 20. km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. 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 4.6 earthquake as well.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Langsa (pop. 194,700) located 72 km from the epicenter, Blangpidie (pop. 24,100) 78 km away, and Pangkalan Brandan (pop. 25,500) 92 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 27, 2026 02:49 am (GMT +7) local time (26 May 2026 19:49 GMT)Magnitude: 4.6Depth: 20.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 4.08°N / 97.45°E (Kabupaten Gayo Lues, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province, Indonesia)Primary data source: BMKG