Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes near Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia

Just 14 minutes ago, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Thursday, April 16th, 2026, at 1:55 am local time, at an intermediate depth of 131. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.7 as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency at magnitude 4.2, and the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.7.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Amahai (pop. 47,700) located 44 km from the epicenter, Masohi (pop. 36,400) 51 km away, and Ambon (pop. 347,300) 55 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Apr 16, 2026 01:55 am (GMT +9) local time (15 Apr 2026 16:55 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 131.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 3.66°S / 128.68°E (West Seram Regency, Maluku, Indonesia)
Primary data source: EMSC
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