Moderate magnitude 4.6 quake hits 107 km northeast of Tiakur, Indonesia, in the early evening

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a magnitude 4.6 quake in Indonesia near Tiakur, Southwest Maluku Regency, Maluku, 32 minutes ago. The earthquake struck early Wednesday evening, September 16th, 2026, at 6:37 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 113.40 km. The magnitude and other quake parameters may still change in the coming hours as the agency continues to process seismic data.
A second report was later issued by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, which also listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which recorded a magnitude of 4.6, and the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, which also recorded a magnitude of 4.6.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Tiakur (pop. 5,200), located 107 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Sep 16, 2026 06:37 pm (Jayapura time) local time (16 Sep 2026 09:37 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.6
Hypocenter depth: 113.40 km
Epicenter coordinates: 7.54°S / 128.55°E (Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya, Maluku, Indonesia)
Primary data source: EMSC
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