Light mag. 3.9 earthquake - Banda Sea, 78 km northwest of Pulau Molu Island, Maluku, Indonesia, on Sunday, Jun 14, 2026, at 11:26 pm (Universal Time)

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Light magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 102 km depth14 Jun 23:33 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 6 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeJun 14, 2026 23:26:54 UTC - Local time at epicenterSunday, Jun 14, 2026, at 11:26 pm (Universal Time GMT +0)Statusconfirmed (manually revised)Magnitude3.8Depth102 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude6.17°S / 131.15°EIndonesiaSeismic antipode6.17°N / 48.85°WShaking intensityII Very weak shakingFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)Nearest volcanoManuk (119 km / 74 mi)Estimated seismic energy released3.2 x 1010 joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.8 | about seismic energy7 minutes agoJun 14, 2026 23:26 GMT / Jun 14, 2026 11:26 pm (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: -6.17 / 131.15: Tanimbar Islands Region, IndonesiaSource: BMKGDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23098839',-6.17000,131.15000,'7 minutes ago: Mag. 3.8, Tanimbar Islands Region, Indonesia',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="&notFelt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in BaliNearby placesThe closest larger town near the epicenter is Tual, a town with 90,000 inhabitants in Indonesia, in 187 km (116 mi) distance to the east, but it is unlikely that the quake was felt there. DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry187 km (116 mi)E of epicenterTual(pop: 90,000)I: Not feltMalukuIndonesia203 km (126 mi)S of epicenterSaumlaki(pop: 13,800)I: Not feltKabupaten Maluku Tenggara Barat, MalukuIndonesiaNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Get the Android appCompare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-06-14EpicenterAgency3.8102 km63 mi23:26:54Tanimbar Islands Region, IndonesiaBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 88 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 41.7 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.2 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 4.9 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 5.7 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 68 quakes per year (or 5.7 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 88 quakes per year (or 7.3 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 89 quakes per year (or 7.4 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 3 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 40 to 45 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake