Moderate magnitude 4.5 quake hits 44 km northwest of Daruba, Indonesia early morning

Just 9 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Daruba, Morotai Island Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Saturday, April 11th, 2026, at 4:08 am local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 157. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, which listed it as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake as well. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.5.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Daruba (pop. 23,600) located 44 km from the epicenter, Galela (pop. 8,800) 78 km away, and Tobelo (pop. 34,200) 79 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Apr 11, 2026 04:08 am (GMT +9) local time (10 Apr 2026 19:08 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 157.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 2.42°N / 128.16°E (Morotai Island Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia)
Primary data source: EMSC
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