M 7.4 in Indonesia on 01 Apr 2026 22:48 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1532317
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.4M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.1171 , 126.2965
Event Date: 01 Apr 2026 22:48 UTC
02 Apr 2026 07:48 Local
Exposed Population: 3 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 02 Apr 2026 00:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.6 0.6
us6000slss Scaled population (raster) 0.48 Max wave alert 0.66m  
  C1 shakemap -1.73 Max wave realtime 0.66m  
  C2 shakemap 0.79      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.96      
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Indonesia - Earthquake (ECHO 02 Apr 2026)Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:09

  • A strong offshore earthquake of magnitude?7.4?M at a depth of 35?kilometres occurred in the northern Molucca Sea, between the islands of Sulawesi and Halmahera, on?1?April at?22:48?UTC (07:48 local time). The epicentre was located?126?km west-north-west of Ternate City, Ternate Island, North?Maluku Province.
  • At least?18?aftershocks have been recorded in the area, with magnitudes ranging from?4.4?M to?6.2?M.
  • USGS?PAGER estimates that about?209?000?people were exposed to strong shaking and?2.1?million to moderate shaking.
  • According to the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB), one person died and one got injured as a result of the event in Manado City, North?Sulawesi province. A small damage was reported in Pulau?Batang?Dua District, Ternate City and in South?Ternate District. The cities that felt the seismic event most strongly were Bitung City and the Ternate City area.
  • BMKG issued and later lifted a tsunami warning, although the earthquake generated small tsunami waves recorded at several localities, including West?Halmahera (0.3?m), Bitung (0.2?m), Sidangoli (0.35?m), North?Minahasa (0.75?m) and Belang (0.68?m).
  • Indonesian authorities are leading response through BMKG/BNPB/local authorities, focusing on evacuations, coastal warnings and rapid damage assessment. No major humanitarian needs are reported at this stage.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (90), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),