Overview

• The USGS and BMKG located the quake’s epicenter 179 km west-southwest of Tual at depths reported between 10 km and 108 km.
• The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre and Indonesia’s geophysics agency confirmed the tremor posed no tsunami risk.
• No casualties or significant damage have been reported, and the USGS Green alert indicates a low likelihood of fatalities or economic loss.
• Shaking reached IV–V on the Mercalli scale in Saumlaki, III–IV in Dobo and III in Banda, with about 10,000 people feeling moderate tremors and 310,000 light tremors.
• BMKG identified the event as an intermediate intraplate strike-slip earthquake, underscoring the region’s frequent seismic activity along the Pacific “Ring of Fire.”