Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake 77 km southeast of Gorontalo, Indonesia

Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported a magnitude 4.6 quake in Indonesia near Gorontalo, Kota Gorontalo, just 7 minutes ago. The earthquake struck in the early afternoon on Saturday, September 5th, 2026, at 2:34 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 103. km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their reports.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from RaspberryShake's citizen-seismograph network, which also listed the quake at magnitude 4.6.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Gorontalo (pop. 198,500), located 77 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Luwuk (pop. 47,800), located 104 km from the epicenter.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update the magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake becomes available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.

Earthquake data:
Date & time: Sep 5, 2026 02:34 pm (GMT +8) local time (5 Sep 2026 06:34 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.6
Hypocenter depth: 103.00 km
Epicenter coordinates: 0.13°S / 123.23°E (Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/news/341811/Moderate-magnitude-46-earthquake-77-km-southeast-of-Gorontalo-Indonesia.html