Just 4 minutes ago, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Tambolaka, Southwest Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded in the evening on Sunday, July 12th, 2026, at 9:20 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 25. km below the surface.The event was filed 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 of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.8 earthquake as well.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Tambolaka (pop. 35,800) located 39 km from the epicenter.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Waingapu (pop. 35,900) located 103 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 12, 2026 09:20 pm (GMT +8) local time (12 Jul 2026 13:20 GMT)Magnitude: 4.8Depth: 25.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 9.77°S / 119.33°E (West Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia)Primary data source: BMKG