Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.7 just reported 91 km southwest of Abepura, Indonesia

A shallow magnitude 4.7 earthquake was reported in the afternoon near Abepura, Kota Jayapura, Provinsi Papua, Indonesia.
According to Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the quake hit on Friday, July 10th, 2026, at 5:33 pm local time at a shallow depth of 28. km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. 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 4.7 as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Sentani (pop. 44,800) located 81 km from the epicenter, Elelim (pop. 5,900) 87 km away, Abepura (pop. 62,200) 91 km away, and Jayapura (pop. 404,000) 102 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jul 10, 2026 05:33 pm (GMT +9) local time (10 Jul 2026 08:33 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 28.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 3.01°S / 139.93°E (Kabupaten Jayapura, South Papua, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
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