Significant 5.2 quake hits near Sarmi, Sarmi Regency, Provinsi Papua, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake near Sarmi, Sarmi Regency, Provinsi Papua, Indonesia, was reported only 8 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a moderately shallow depth of 38. km beneath the epicenter in the morning on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026, at 8:01 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 5.2 as well. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.4.
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 Sarmi (pop. 14,100) located 53 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jun 1, 2026 11:01 pm (Universal Time) local time (1 Jun 2026 23:01 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.3
Depth: 20.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.95°S / 138.93°E (Kabupaten Sarmi, Provinsi Papua, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
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