Iswandi Imran
National Center for Earthquake Studies of Indonesia (PUSGEN)
An MW 7.6 earthquake struck North Maluku and North Sulawesi, Eastern Indonesia on the 1st of April 2026, at 22:48:13 UTC. The epicentre was located in the northern Molucca Sea, at coordinate of 1.117°N 126.297°E, 126 km WNW from Ternate at a shallow depth of roughly 33 km, producing strong tremors and numerous aftershocks. Faulting mechanism solutions for the event indicate that it activated a reverse faulting (thrusting) structure, with a moderate dip towards either the northwest or the southeast, in line with the general trend of earthquakes in the region.