Just 6 minutes ago, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck near Bima, Bima City, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded on the morning of Thursday, September 24th, 2026, at 11:30 am local time, at a shallow depth of 14. km below the surface.The event was reported by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, which also listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage but was probably felt by many people as light vibrations in the epicentral area. Weak shaking might have been felt in Komodo (pop. 2,000), located 43 km from the epicenter; Sape (pop. 5,000), 44 km away; Bima (pop. 161,400), 62 km away; Labuan Bajo (pop. 188,700), 73 km away; and Dompu (pop. 55,000), 92 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update the magnitude and depth if these 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: Sep 24, 2026 11:30 am (Makassar time) local time (24 Sep 2026 03:30 GMT)Magnitude: 4.6Hypocenter depth: 14.00 kmEpicenter coordinates: 8.28°S / 119.26°E (Kabupaten Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia)Primary data source: BMKG