Just 6 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Jayapura, Kota Jayapura, Provinsi Papua, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded around noon on Thursday, July 9th, 2026, at 12:26 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 13. 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 citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.7.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc. In Sentani (pop. 44,800) located 16 km from the epicenter, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.Weak shaking might have been felt in Abepura (pop. 62,200) located 22 km from the epicenter, and Jayapura (pop. 404,000) 24 km away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Vanimo (pop. 11,200) located 90 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: Jul 9, 2026 03:26 am (Universal Time) local time (9 Jul 2026 03:26 GMT)Magnitude: 4.5Depth: 13.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 2.42°S / 140.52°E (Kabupaten Jayapura, Provinsi Papua, Indonesia)Primary data source: BMKG