Moderate magnitude 4.9 earthquake 113 km northwest of Luwuk, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Luwuk, Banggai Regency, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia, was reported only 6 minutes ago by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 11. km beneath the epicenter in the morning on Wednesday, March 11th, 2026, at 10:12 am 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 5.0.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Luwuk (pop. 47,800) located 113 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Mar 11, 2026 02:12 am (Universal Time) local time (11 Mar 2026 02:12 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.0
Depth: 11.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 0.48°S / 121.91°E (Tojo Una-Una Regency, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
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