Moderate 4.8 quake hits near Sentani, Kabupaten Jayapura, Provinsi Papua, Indonesia

A moderately shallow magnitude 4.8 earthquake was reported early morning near Sentani, Kabupaten Jayapura, Provinsi Papua, Indonesia.
According to Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the quake hit on Tuesday, January 13th, 2026, at 4:18 am local time at a moderately shallow depth of 51. km. 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.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.8 earthquake as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Elelim (pop. 5,900) located 90 km from the epicenter, Sentani (pop. 44,800) 99 km away, Kobakma (pop. 13,100) 107 km away, and Abepura (pop. 62,200) 110 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jan 13, 2026 04:18 am (Jayapura time) local time (12 Jan 2026 19:18 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 51.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 2.95°S / 139.71°E (Kabupaten Jayapura, South Papua, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
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