MODERATE EARTHQUAKE
127 km NW of TAHUNA-SANGIHE-SULUT Islands
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 127 km NW of TAHUNA-SANGIHE-SULUT Islands on 21 Sept 2026, 23:48 UTC. The hypocentre was 10 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. Shaking was reported in -. 16 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 10 km
- Latitude
- 4.74°N
- Time
- 23:48 UTC
- Magnitude
- M5.2
shallow
125.30°E longitude
21 Sept 2026
moment magnitude
REPORTED SHAKING (MMI SCALE)
EPICENTRE
SHAKEMAP (BMKG)
View the official report↗MAGNITUDE 5.2
Can damage poorly constructed buildings; well-built structures usually escape with little harm.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 63 times the energy of a magnitude 4.0, roughly the energy of 951 tonnes of TNT.
10 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
16 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 5.2.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
21 Sept 2026, 21:37 UTC · 10 km deep
21 Sept 2026, 20:53 UTC · 583.7 km deep
21 Sept 2026, 18:48 UTC · 10 km deep
21 Sept 2026, 17:38 UTC · 198.7 km deep