M4.6 earthquake 12 km NNE of Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 12 km NNE of Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia at 04:15 local time (20:15 UTC) on 7 Oct 2026, at a depth of 144 km, according to USGS and GFZ.
Reported by 2 agencies · 16 reports to USGS “Did You Feel It?”
Data: USGS, GFZ · updated 2026-10-15 16:29 UTC · reviewed
- Magnitude
- 4.6light
body-wave magnitude (mb) - Depth
- 144.1 km
- Status
- Reviewed
- Origin time
- 2026-10-06 20:15:28 UTC
- Local: 7 Oct 2026, 04:15:28 (Asia/Makassar)
- Epicentre
- 8.489° S, 116.180° E
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Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Est. shaking |
|---|---|---|
| MataramWest Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia · pop. 441,147 | 12 km | IIWeak |
| PrayaWest Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia · pop. 35,183 | 26 km | IIWeak |
| SelongWest Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia · pop. 92,464 | 42 km | IIWeak |
| AmlapuraBali, Indonesia · pop. 31,869 | 62 km | IIWeak |
| DenpasarBali, Indonesia · pop. 670,210 | 107 km | INot felt |
| SitubondoEast Java, Indonesia · pop. 685,967 | 254 km | INot felt |
| JemberEast Java, Indonesia · pop. 298,585 | 275 km | INot felt |
| MalangEast Java, Indonesia · pop. 889,359 | 395 km | INot felt |
Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more.
Every agency's solution
Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses USGS, which has been reviewed by an analyst.
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How big was it?
Widely felt near the epicentre: rattling windows and objects. Significant damage is unlikely.
It released roughly the energy of 120 t of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 144 km this was a intermediate-depth earthquake, which spreads shaking over a wider area but less intensely.
M4.6 releases about 32× the energy of M3.6, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 120 t of TNT vs 3.8 t of TNT.
Each square is the energy of one M3.6. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.
Aftershocks and nearby activity
No later earthquakes have been recorded within 30 km so far. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.
Did you feel it?
Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.
Event id us6000u0km. First recorded here 6 Oct 2026, 21:29:35 UTC. Solutions: USGS (usgs:us6000u0km); GFZ (geofon:gfz2026tply). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M4.6 earthquake 12 km NNE of Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/us6000u0km-m4-6-earthquake-12-km-nne-of-mataram-west-nusa-tenggara-indonesia, data from USGS, GFZ.
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