A ‌magnitude 6 ​earthquake ⁠struck Minahassa Peninsula, ‌Indonesia, ‌on ‌Sunday (August 16, 2026), ⁠the ⁠German Research ​Centre ‌for Geosciences said.

The quake was ‌at ​a depth ⁠of ‌77 km (47.85 miles), GFZ ‌said.

Sharing the details in a post on X, the National Center for Seismology said that the earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck the Gulf of Tomini. As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 68 kilometres at 21:55 IST.

It said, “EQ of M: 6.0, On: 15/08/2026 21:55:18 IST, Lat: 0.174 N, Long: 120.312 E, Depth: 68 Km, Location: Gulf of Tomini.”

This comes as a magnitude 6.5 quake struck Indonesia on Saturday afternoon (August 15, 2026), hours after a devastating 7.7-magnitude quake in the morning killed more than 40 people, CBS News reported.

Authorities issued a tsunami warning and urged coastal residents to move to higher ground but later lifted the warning when Indonesia’s meteorological agency said monitoring showed no significant sea-level changes that posed a threat to coastal communities. Some smaller tsunamis were reported.

(With Reuters, AP and ANI inputs)

A strong 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Flores island in eastern Indonesia early on Saturday (August 15, 2026), the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicentre of the quake was located off the north coast of the island, about 68 km northwest of Ende, USGS said. The quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of just 10 km.

The initial quake was followed by two strong aftershocks in the same area, of magnitude 5.6 and 5.9.

Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) warned of the possibility of tsunami waves being generated by the quake.

Indonesia and neighbouring countries experience frequent earthquakes due to their location in the Pacific “Ring of Fire” — an arc of intense seismic activity stretching from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.