Saturday, May 16, 2026 20:16 | 1 hour ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake near Bugalaga, Intan Jaya Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia, was reported only 11 minutes ago by Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at an intermediate to considerable depth of 152. km beneath the epicenter early morning on Sunday, May 17th, 2026, at 5:03 am local time. 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 4.5 as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Bugalaga (pop. 3,600) located 57 km from the epicenter, Mulia (pop. 35,900) 101 km away, and Timika (pop. 142,900) 101 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.
If you felt it, report it through our site or app right now!
Earthquake data:
I felt this quake
Date & time: May 17, 2026 05:03 am (Jayapura time) local time (16 May 2026 20:03 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 152.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 3.8°S / 137.08°E 
(Kabupaten Intan Jaya, South Papua, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG