Moderate 4.5 quake hits near Sibolga, Kota Sibolga, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Just 8 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Sibolga, Kota Sibolga, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded late at night on Wednesday, June 10th, 2026, at 11:30 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 105. km below the surface.
The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.4. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.5.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Tarutung (pop. 39,500) located 18 km from the epicenter, Sibolga (pop. 91,300) 20 km away, Barus (pop. 18,300) 60 km away, Parmonangan (pop. 13,000) 62 km away, Nainggolan (pop. 11,800) 64 km away, Padangsidempuan (pop. 236,200) 66 km away, and Bandar (pop. 31,400) 95 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jun 10, 2026 11:30 pm (GMT +7) local time (10 Jun 2026 16:30 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 105.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.86°N / 98.92°E (Kabupaten Tapanuli Utara, North Sumatra, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
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