Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.7 just reported 79 km northwest of Saumlaki, Indonesia

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Just 21 minutes ago, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Saumlaki, Western Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Friday, June 26th, 2026, at 4:59 am local time, at an intermediate depth of 113. km below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.7 as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency at magnitude 4.4, and the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.7.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Saumlaki (pop. 13,800) located 79 km from the epicenter.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: Jun 26, 2026 04:59 am (Jayapura time) local time (25 Jun 2026 19:59 GMT)Magnitude: 4.7Depth: 113.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 7.6°S / 130.7°E (Western Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia)Primary data source: EMSC