According to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), a 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurred at 1044 hours (local time) on Wednesday (17 June) near Waikabubak in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia.

The earthquake was recorded at coordinates 9.57 South, 119.44 East, approximately 10 kilometres northeast of Waikabubak, with a focal depth of 10 kilometres. BMKG stated that the earthquake is not expected to generate a tsunami.