Moderate magnitude 4.7 earthquake 87 km west of Waisai, Indonesia

Just 9 minutes ago, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Waisai, Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Saturday, April 11th, 2026, at 5:00 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10. 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 citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.7 as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Waisai (pop. 22,500) located 87 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Apr 11, 2026 05:00 am (GMT +9) local time (10 Apr 2026 20:00 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 10.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 0.35°S / 129.73°E (Raja Ampat Regency, Provinsi Papua Barat, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
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