LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
30 km NE of Mbay, Nagekeo
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 30 km NE of Mbay, Nagekeo on 26 Oct 2026, 04:53 UTC. The hypocentre was 13 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. Shaking was reported in Bajawa, Maumere and Ruteng. 24 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 13 km
- Latitude
- 8.45°S
- Time
- 04:53 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.9
shallow · at sea
121.45°E longitude
26 Oct 2026
moment magnitude
REPORTED SHAKING (MMI SCALE)
EPICENTRE
SHAKEMAP (BMKG)
View the official report↗MAGNITUDE 4.9
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 710 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 338 tonnes of TNT.
13 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
24 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 5.3.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
26 Oct 2026, 04:53 UTC · 10 km deep
26 Oct 2026, 04:25 UTC · 84.3 km deep
26 Oct 2026, 04:12 UTC · 59.6 km deep
26 Oct 2026, 03:59 UTC · 35 km deep