Just 6 minutes ago, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Waingapu, Kabupaten Sumba Timur, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Sunday, July 6th, 2025, at 2:30 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 40. km below the surface.The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.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 Waingapu (pop. 35,900) located 51 km from the epicenter, and Tambolaka (pop. 35,800) 64 km away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Labuan Bajo (pop. 188,700) located 119 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 6, 2025 02:30 am (GMT +8) local time (5 Jul 2025 18:30 GMT)Magnitude: 4.8Depth: 40.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 9.56°S / 119.81°E (Kabupaten Sumba Tengah, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia)Primary data source: BMKG