Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes near Saumlaki, Western Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia

Just 7 minutes ago, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Saumlaki, Western Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded around noon on Sunday, December 21st, 2025, at 1:02 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 98. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.5 earthquake as well. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.5.
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 Saumlaki (pop. 13,800) located 134 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Dec 21, 2025 04:02 am (Universal Time) local time (21 Dec 2025 04:02 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.4
Depth: 123.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 6.71°S / 131.37°E (Western Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
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