Moderate magnitude 4.8 earthquake 119 km northwest of Saumlaki, Indonesia

Just 8 minutes ago, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Saumlaki, Western Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Thursday, January 29th, 2026, at 2:22 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.
A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 4.8 earthquake as well. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.8.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Saumlaki (pop. 13,800) located 119 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jan 29, 2026 02:22 am (GMT +9) local time (28 Jan 2026 17:22 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 10.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 7.29°S / 130.48°E (Maluku, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
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