An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 occurred early Wednesday evening, October 7th, 2026, at 6:57 pm local time near Manado, Kota Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia, as reported by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency.According to preliminary data, the quake was located at an intermediate depth of 143. km. The strength of the earthquake may have been tempered by its relatively great depth below the surface, making it feel weaker in absolute terms. 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 reports.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, which also listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (pop. 8,000), located 7 km from the epicenter; Manado (pop. 451,900), 9 km away; Tondano (pop. 33,300), 16 km away; Tomohon (pop. 27,600), 20 km away; Bitung (pop. 225,100), 23 km away; and Bitung (pop. 137,400), 30 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update the magnitude and depth if they change and follow up if other significant news about the quake 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 quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Oct 7, 2026 06:57 pm (GMT +8) local time (7 Oct 2026 10:57 GMT)Magnitude: 4.6Hypocenter depth: 143.00 kmEpicenter coordinates: 1.45°N / 124.92°E (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia)Primary data source: BMKG