Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake 57 km northwest of Kefamenanu, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake near Kefamenanu, North Central Timor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, was reported only 9 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 an intermediate depth of 91. km beneath the epicenter after midnight on Tuesday, January 27th, 2026, at 12:00 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 4.6 as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Lifau (pop. 1,900) located 26 km from the epicenter, Kefamenanu (pop. 48,200) 57 km away, Naisano Dua (pop. 2,300) 69 km away, Atambua (pop. 82,200) 86 km away, Soe (pop. 40,200) 89 km away, Kalabahi (pop. 19,200) 107 km away, and Lewoleba (pop. 30,200) 109 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jan 26, 2026 03:00 pm (Universal Time) local time (26 Jan 2026 15:00 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.6
Depth: 77.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 9.04°S / 124.04°E (Kupang Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Timor-Leste)
Primary data source: BMKG
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