Moderate magnitude 4.7 quake hits 114 km northwest of Ternate, Indonesia in the evening

An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 occurred only 10 minutes ago 114 km northwest of Ternate, Indonesia, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 23. km beneath the epicenter near Ternate, Kota Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia, in the evening on Thursday, January 22nd, 2026, at 8:26 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.7 as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 4.1.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Ternate (pop. 204,900) located 114 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jan 22, 2026 08:26 pm (Jayapura time) local time (22 Jan 2026 11:26 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 23.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.2°N / 126.44°E (Kota Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
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