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Thursday, Oct 1, 2026 13:43 | 47 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

A shallow magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported late at night near Sarmi, Sarmi Regency, Provinsi Papua, Indonesia.
According to Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the quake struck on Thursday, October 1st, 2026, at 10:31 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 19 km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones because they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their reports.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, which also listed the quake at magnitude 4.6. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.2.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but it was probably felt by many people as light vibrations in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Sarmi (pop. 14,100), located 33 km from the epicenter.
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Moderate magnitude 4.7 earthquake at unknown depth

1 Oct 13:37 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 6 minutes.
1 Oct 13:37: Now using data updates from BMKG
1 Oct 13:41: Magnitude recalculated from 4.2 to 4.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 139.00 to 19.00 km (from 86 to 11.8 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 308 km (192 mi) towards E.
1 Oct 14:00: Now using data updates from EMSC

Update Thu, 1 Oct 2026, 13:42

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake 33 km southeast of Sarmi, IndonesiaA shallow magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported late at night near Sarmi, Sarmi Regency, Provinsi Papua, Indonesia.
According to Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the quake hit on Thursday, October 1st, 2026, at 10:31 pm local time at a shallow depth of 19. km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.6 as well. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.2.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant

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