Just 8 minutes ago, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Tobelo, North Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Monday, June 22nd, 2026, at 2:28 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 91. km below the surface.The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, 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 5.0. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 5.0.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Galela (pop. 8,800) located 57 km from the epicenter, Tobelo (pop. 34,200) 83 km away, and Daruba (pop. 23,600) 112 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: Jun 22, 2026 02:28 pm (GMT +9) local time (22 Jun 2026 05:28 GMT)Magnitude: 4.8Depth: 91.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 1.94°N / 127.29°E (North Maluku, Indonesia)Primary data source: BMKG